Word: honorability
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...Germany, so that instead of delivering a regular university course of lectures he has only time for two. We would advise every one to attend if possible as they may be sure of obtaining much interesting information and as it will be also an excellent opportunity for showing honor to a distinguished foreigner...
...thousand pities that Harvard men so eschew politics, for in either party they could and should make their influence felt on the side of justice and honor which lack sadly now-a-days the support of educated men. Now and then a young graduate rises above the superb indifference that is the accepted type of the Harvard man today, and puts his shoulder to the wheel and blocks corrupt legislation as at Albany, or makes a ringing crusade as The "Nation" and is generously rewarded with the praise of all collegians. The worst of it all is so many...
...their greatness. The record speaks for itself. Although I intend to select only graduates of Harvard, yet I cannot pass by without noticing the founder of our university, John Harvard, of whom Edward Everett, in an oration delivered in 1826 upon the erection of a monument in his honor, spoke as follows...
...here. Now, when the advent of a new class makes but little appreciable stir in the college routine, it is difficult to realize that the college could ever have been greatly moved by the struggles between sophomores and freshmen. And yet, only a few years ago, it was an honored prerogative of the sophomore class to annoy the freshmen in every way, under the convenient name of "hazing" when it was looked upon merely as a joke for a new student to be assaulted or his property destroyed, simply because he was a new student, and could not resist. Great...
...hands of the college. Harvard at all times requires the best of everything and is disposed to be critical if it does not receive it. The position of editor of a college paper at Harvard is one that brings with it labor and responsibility, accompanied perhaps with little honor but with abundant criticism. It is perhaps for this reason that, as is the common complaint, so few will enter into competition for the position, or will accept its responsibilities when offered them. Already the HERALD thinks that it remarks a change for the better in this respect in the general...