Word: rewarded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ironies of literature that this son of a poet, inheriting so much that was finest in the old New England culture, a pupil of Emerson, trained at Harvard, toiling gallantly in a great profession, a public-spirited citizen of a commonwealth which he served nobly and without much tangible reward, should be chiefly remembered by his record of an enforced holiday in his boyhood--by what he himself called a 'parenthesis' in his life...
...thus far waged with venom and hatred will give way to a generous and objective discussion of honestly conflicting opinions, and the ideal of constructive social work will be more fully grasped and more devotedly pursued than ever before. To us in the field, that will be the best reward...
...hope, been of some aid and support, along the best lines of endeavor. The effort is certainly praiseworthy. But before closing let me say that there is much yet to be done, that the opportunity for helping is limitless, and that, to those who have gone over, the reward has been found immeasurable...
...last few men chosen, who yet fail to be elected. This is inevitable, for the line must be drawn somewhere. The prestige of the society and the value of membership in it depend upon restricted numbers. It must also be remembered that Phi Beta Kappa does not claim to reward latent mental ability: it bases its elections upon scholarly achievement in College and evidence of scholarly promise...
...give the class crew that represents the University in the race against the Yale class crew regular class numerals in the University colors? The crew represents the class just as much as it did in Freshman year; but its reward, under present conditions, is a combination of colors reminiscent of dear old Siwash...