Word: merited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...given by one man is the first letter in our political alphabet. Therefore it is that we have no right to surrender our conscience, our responsibility, our duty, or, in fact, any one of these three attributes which were born within us. The comparative right to rule by intrinsic merit is decided not by one man, but by the opinion of the majority of our fellow citizens, and the power of this majority is not that merely of the majority over the minority. It lies in the consent of all to the choice of the majority, with the proviso that...
...sixth number of the Advocate which appeared yesterday is marked by two able editorials and several literary pieces of merit. The editorial on the Christmas tour of the Glee and Banjo Clubs states fairly the good results that may be expected from the trip in the way of altering somewhat the current opinion of Harvard life throughout the west. The second editorial, on the subject of forensics and themes, deserves a careful reading. The same idea must have occurred to every senior and junior taking elective courses in which theses are required. To be sure, the man who has three...
...which was rendered by the Pierian Sodality. The Pierian has received many valuable acquisitions in the way of new players, the places of several men whose loss, it was feared, would be a serious drawback to the success of Sodality this year, being filled by new players of unusual merit The march was played with unusual fire and vigor and was received with hearty applause by a very appreciative audience...
...somewhat lighter than that of its precedessors, is excellent in every way with the exception of its verse. The dearth of real poetry of which the editors of our papers are loudly complaining is well illustrated by this number. Of the three contributions in verse, two are of little merit. They are lame in their movement and bare in their thought. The lines "A Picture" are better than the other verse...
...shall be collected every three years and awarded for the best dissertation upon some subject chosen by a special committee. As is usual in such cases the committee reserve to themselves the right of making no award "should it be found that none of the dissertations are of sufficient merit." The official notice tells us that this year any subject in physiology, surgery or pathological anatomy may be chosen. Dissertations to be handed in on or before July 1st, 1889. The amount of the prize is $500. Who can now deny that the medical profession offers peculiar facilities for money...