Word: honorability
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...days when he was young, when there was not a man living could throw him in the ring. When these rural sports were of a character in which the parson and squire could take part, they flourished. The tangible honor to be won rarely consisted of more than a belt, but as the exercise became popular the prizes increased in value, and though for a time the wrestlings flourished, doing so upon an unsound basis, a decadence set in, and gradually, though surely, they fell to the position they hold at the present time.- [Land and Water...
...they must not be troubled with despondency. The games which they have played have been well won and have given them ample opportunities to correct some of their faults. We hope the record of victories will remain unbroken and that '88 may add to her foot ball glory the honor of defeating the present Exeter eleven...
...substitute, and a very poor substitute at that, for the instruction in elocution received at the eastern colleges. With all deference to the colleges of the west, it seems slightly unnecessary to incorporate into Harvard a tacitly acknowledged weakness of her humbler rivals. If they who desire the honor and eclat of oratorical victories would pay more attention to the fully competent and exceptional instruction in elocution already provided for the students of Harvard, there would be less thought given to "such an institution" as a National Inter-collegiate Oratorical Association...
...CRIMSON: -The Shakespeare Society cannot take the place of an inter-collegiate oratorical association, any more than class races and games between elevens of the same college, can take the place of inter-collegiate races and games. To be considered the best orator in Harvard would be a great honor, but to be ranked the first orator in all of our colleges would be a greater. The greater the honor the greater the effort to secure, hence the advantage of an intercollegiate association over the Shakespeare Society...
...Phillips Brooks will be the select preacher in the University of Cambridge next June. This is the second time that this honor has been conferred on an American clergyman...