Word: merite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...England, importunate Sir Thomas Beecham, patron and paladin of liberal music, has been beseeching the Government to bestow upon Composer Delius the Order of Merit, highest civilian honor (already possessed by Composer Sir Edward Elgar). "Before it is too late," pleads Sir Thomas. But the Government has other things to think about...
...such a play, the song's the thing, and the Vagabond King offers Several of more than average merit. "Only a Rose" and "The Song of the Vagabonds" are especially good so good, in fact, that the parsimonious reviewer parted with 75 cents for a phonograph record of the romance and adventure of the Middle Ages. And so swarshbuckling did he become that he drove the unappreciative janitor from his rooms with a snarl of "Dog, knave, back to your kennil" two hours after the play was over...
...They are books selected from extensive lists as being of outstanding merit and interest for TIME-readers. Laudatory "blurbs" are purposely omitted, being unnecessary. Each book's mere presence in the list testifies to its excellence; each book admitted has been, or will be, descriptively reported in TIME text...
...liberty of the individual, understanding that liberty to mean his inherent right to enjoy what he has acquired by the fruit of his labor, and holds that the roadway to the development of a great people lies in letting each citizen progress as far as his energy and merit will carry...
...modification of the tutorial system is spreading throughout the colleges of the United States. That the essential spirit behind this important development in educational methods remains the same whether at Harvard, at Swarthmore, at Wisconsin, or at Oregon is true, but there are certain phases in its advance which merit serious question...