Word: honorability
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...discussion of the Yale-Harvard foot-ball game should have been started in the daily press. It has been our aim to confine all such discussions, as far as possible, to the managers of the respective teams. But charges have been made against the managers of our team which honor compels us to refute. It is evident that Yale entirely misunderstands our position in the matter; therefore, in order to clear up all such misunderstanding, we will proceed to examine the facts of the case...
...coincide with the sons' resolution to avoid Harvard as that such a fact has caused the sons so to decide. Whatever of luxury and extravagance exists at Harvard is closely connected with her fall in athletic spirit. Ten years ago, before the college was so continuously beaten, the honor of a position on the University team was sought after by every man of a class, college popularity being greatly dependent on the prowess of the bat and oar. So long as the positions were desirable, it was natural for them to be filled by men whose families had wealth...
...Beta Kappa had long ceased to be a secret society before 1825, the date of the organization of modern societies, and had become, as now, an honorary literary society to which are elected the honor men of each senior class...
...whether they will indulge in a halfhour of playfulness, such as they enjoyed yesterday afternoon, and let the shame of defeat show them the result of shilly-shallying and half-hearted practice. It they have regard for their own future prospects in college, not to mention the honor of their class and the university, there is but one course for them to follow. They must put an earnestness of purpose into their work such as has not marked their practice heretofore. Whether the present disposition of the eleven is the fault of the captain...
Teacher's position in Chicago; $1000 first year. An honor man required. Subjects, elementary latin, mathematics...