Word: honorability
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...member, when the meeting suddenly came to a close. In order to free my mind, I send my reminiscence to you. It concerns the matter of cheating at examinations, which the Conference Committee discussed at many meetings, and at considerable length. All wished to raise the tone of student honor, and if possible, to have the honor trusted, without proctors. But no practical scheme was discovered, and the subject was at last let drop...
...hearted if the men think the students do not take sufficient interest in their success to pay their way. The supporters should bethink themselves that they are helping to send out Cornell's first eight, and they may be helping-happy thought-to diminish Yale's "big head." The honor of sitting in Cornell's first eight will be sufficient incentive for an unusual amount of training. We hope that we have caught your attention and we shall endeavor to hold it.- Cornell...
However this may be, it touches the honor of every man in the University to come forward now and by subscriptions pay off the amount outstanding, so that this year's management may start with a squared account. We trust that we shall hear that the sum needed will be paid off in the course of a very few weeks. But then a fresh and healthier start must be made...
...accomplish this, the most intense energy is necessary; every exertion must be put forth if we intend to carry out our New Year resolutions. And with the coming of the New Year we realize that in a few months, eighty-eight, a class which has ever been an honor to Harvard College, goes out and leaves behind a gap which will be hard to fill. We shall miss her sorely. She has made a noble record and we shall have to strain every nerve to fill the holes left in our ranks...
...have been as follows: First, philosophy (logic and physics, two hours; ethics and politics, two hours; disputations, six hours); altogether ten hours a week. Greek came next, occupying, with New Testament Greek, seven hours. Rhetoric (the writing and speaking of the mother-tongue) enjoyed the third place of honor, employing six hours. Oriental languages held the fourth place, occupying five hours a week. Mathematics stood next in order, with two hours. The catechism and "common-places" were equally favored with an allowance of one hour. History and botany were put on half allowance, each with one hour a week...