Word: merited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accompanied by a sealed envelope endorsed with the motto, containing the competitor's name. An entrance fee of ten shillings is to be forwarded with each poem. While it is desirable that reference should be made to religious and historical associations, the adjudication will be decided by poetical merit alone...
...inter-collegiate contest participate in the early morning festivities subsequent to the ball in question cannot be passed over in silence. The performances of the men who are trying for positions on the freshman eleven when regarded as a class - there are notable exceptions - have been such as to merit contempt of every Harvard man, but this last escapade is by far the most disgusting of all. On Saturday, it is expected to play the game with Yale. Rather than have such catastrophe occur the eleven had better be suppressed at once. The 'varsity team, on its return...
...hares shall be two in number, and shall be appointed by the Harvard Athletic Association, the choice being based upon merit in previous runs...
...vote was, on the merit of the question, affirmative, 36; negative, 44; on the debate of the principal disputants, affirmative, 15; negative, 44; on the debate of the principal disputants, affirmative, 15; negative, 52; on the debate as a whole, affirmative, 17; negative...
...club reserves the right of using any of the songs and words contributed, and also of withholding the prize in case no contribution of sufficient merit is received. Further particulars and suggestions will be given on application...