Word: honorability
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...Humphreys desires to state that he has a vacancy for one pupil at present, and that during the summer vacations he will be at home to read with students for freshmen and sophomore examinations in September, and will be assisted by a Harvard Honor man in mathematics and by able teachers in modern languages. He will also then have rooms for two resident pupils. 129 West Chester Park, April...
...they do in their spelling of "favour," labour," "honour" and "cheque." Whatever modifications in English orthography have been the result of a desire to expunge useless letters. The Englishman replies that in these cases we destroy all trace of the origin of the word. But "favor," "labor" and "honor" are pure Latin, and the insertion of the letter "u" is a bit of spurious orthography, while "check" certainly comes near the French source (echec) than when spelt "cheque...
...Chaplain of the fleet, the most profane; the Ensign, the best story teller, and last, but not least, the Boatswain, the most obscene. When the senior parts were announced and the happy recipients of parts filed to the president to receive them, the navy formed the guard of honor and escorted them about the yard with a band and all the officers rigged out in full naval regalia. The members of the club who had received parts were compelled to resign amid the most ludicrous ceremonies, and the unfortunate (?) ones stood up one after the other and addressed the crowd...
Bernard Dracham, Columbia, '82, received the first prize in Arabic at the Seminary of Oriental Languages, University of Breslau. This is the first instance of such honor being gained by an American...
...Amherst Student says: The baseball season has now fairly opened, and the best results are expected from the team which Amherst sends to the field. 1st: the strongest nine which we can present is today upholding the honor of the purple and the white on the diamond. 2nd: every man on the nine is playing to the best of his ability...