Word: merited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...these days, since the beginning of the warn in Europe, we begin to hear that liberty must be limited, that it must be regulated. I have heard repeatedly from Harvard men in the last six months that to procure efficiency in peace and war there is great merit in implicit obedience. How is that as an educational doctrine among Harvard men? In the education which we received it was not obedience which was taught to us, but self-control and the development of personal initiative...
Colgate's victories over the Army and Yale merit her at least considerable attention. But the previous standing of both those elevens places Colgate below the first three. The University's victory over Princeton eliminates the Tiger's claim to the championship. Cornell's claim is perhaps the most convincing, and it is likely to stand unchallenged, for it is hardly probable that Penn. will defeat Harvard's vanquishers. The Crimson was in a different stage of development when Cornell came to the Stadium; and Cornell's otherwise easy schedule greatly lessens the strength of her claim. The championship, then...
...author's real name. The competition closes on November 1, the decision, resting with five persons of national prominence, to be announced on Thanksgiving Day. The article will be judged by its value in awakening popular appreciation of our national peril and necessities as well as its literary merit...
...accessible. In special circumstances the committee may, at its discretion, dispense with the requirements of a thesis. In the award no account is to be taken of the financial means of the competitor; and no award will be made in case the theses offered are not of sufficient merit. Applications for admission to candidacy must be made to the Chairman of the Department of Classics not later than December 1, 1915, and the theses of approved candidates must be presented to the Chairman not later that February 15, 1916. The winner of the fellowship must agree to pursue his studies...
There has been an entire re-organization of the business department and a change in the basis of elections, and judging by the success this spring, these innovations have been beneficial. Provided a long play of sufficient merit can be obtained it is hoped to make the trip this fall more extensive than ever before, but in order to do this it will be necessary to secure a long play of considerable merit...