Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...four. "Before the Engynes Came Through," by R. W. Page is a short dialect sketch without much structure. The best thing in the number is the last story, "Speedaway," by R. W. Child. Its dialect is natural and gives a real flavor to the whole story, which has the merit of saying little, but suggesting much...
...poems here presented the depth of a Browning nor the metrical perfection of a Tennyson; but one can assert with reason that they are worthy of the attention of thoughtful readers." Nor is it too much to say that all the poems in the volume have considerable merit, and that the majority of them are decidedly better than the verses printed in the present-day magazines. It ought to be a matter of satisfaction and pride that they are the work of Harvard...
Both for the intrinsic merit of its contents and for the light it throws on the quality of recent Harvard literary work, the book is well worth having. Published by L. C. Page & Co. Price...
...debating opportunities of an upperclassman or Sophomore were entirely limited to College courses unless he succeeded in making the "Union" or the "Forum," which were at that time the only debating societies in the College. Admission to these was only gained after the applicant had proved his merit in a trial debate, and once admitted he was only able to debate before the club three times at most during the year. Furthermore, the rivalry between the clubs seldom showed itself in inter-club debates, and as yet, inter-class debates were unheard...
...first number of the Lampoon appeared yesterday. The editors have achieved success in turning out a very amusing number, and the distinct local flavor that runs through the pages makes the subjects of treatment interesting. The number is lacking, perhaps, in illustrations of artistic merit...