Word: merit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...decisions of Umpire O'Rourke were at times very questionable, especially those on balls and strikes, but he had the merit of being impartial...
...waiters in Memorial Hall, seems to us an extremely poor one. If put into practice, it would offer to about sixty students the opportunity to earn some what less than twenty dollars a month toward their support through college. Looked at in this light alone, the scheme has some merit, though it is very doubtful whether there will be any response to President Lakin's communication sufficiently general to warrant serious consideration of the change by the board of directors...
...dishonorable abuse of privilege. Students should themselves report any cases that came to their notice to the Library officials Men in whom so little confidence can be placed, are hardly to be reached in any other way than through their fear of severe official punishment, and this they certainly merit...
There was a far smaller audience at the concert of the musical clubs last night than the merit of the performance deserved. Sanders Theatre was scarcely half filled; but the applause was very generous. It was fairly earned throughout. The playing of the Pierian, with which the concert opened, was a very pleasing testimony to the excellence of Mr. Safford's training; and in all their numbers, including an encore, the orchestra did itself great credit. The singing of the Glee Club, with the notable exception of the second song, "The Long Day Closes," was not fully as good...
...case of claptrap. That I should think would be a very dangerous thing for students to begin on. They can indulge in that after a few years when they become old and respectable. In their studies they would better confine themselves to those plays that have good literary merit...