Word: honorability
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...WATERMAN, Supt.Curtis Guild, Jr., who has been admitted a partner in the firm of Curtis Guild & Co. (Commercial Bulletin) of this city, graduated with high honor at Harvard in 1881, and delivered the class oration. While in college he was on the editorial staff of two of the college newspapers, and is a young man of fine literary attainments as well as business ability. - [Transcript...
...should have been the heavy-weight sparring, but, as there was only one entry, it was not contested and the cup was awarded to D. N. Baxter, '83, who thus becomes heavy-weight champion for the year 1882-83. It is unfortunate that no adversary appeared to contest the honor with Mr. Baxter, as he has been sparring steadily all winter and would have, undoubtedly, stood an excellent chance of winning the general excellence...
...examinations, which all must pass before examiners chosen by the university, are three: (1) "Responsions," which is really equivalent to a university entrance examination in addition to, and as distinguished from, the entrance examination of each college. (2) "Moderations," or first public examination, divided into the "honor" and the "pass" classes, and corresponding with the "little go" at Cambridge; and (3) the "second public examination," also divided into "honor" and "pass...
...Half a dozen of them would make a pocketful of change, and if one had occasion to carry five dollars' worth of as's about a horse and team would be almost a necessity. In an historical light, also, this collection is very interesting. There are coins struck in honor of Sulla, of Brutus and of Pompey. One of the copper coins contains the liead of Gordianus Africanus II., who reigned forty days. Another shows the ill-fated features of a sixty-six-day emperor. Had these monarchs been as slow in securing their counterfeit presentments as a Harvard senior...
Among the British coins are a number of tokens struck in honor of such dukes as Warwickshire, John of Gaunt, and Wellington. Also there are some silver tokens struck by large mercantile houses...