Word: worth
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...will be the most interesting and successful that Harvard has ever seen. For over two months the five eight oared crews have been in training, and for the last five weeks have been on the river daily. The sight of five eight-oared crews in line is of itself worth going several miles to see; but when the race between them is as close as that of to-morrow seems likely to be, the interest ought to be very great. Of the five crews the Freshman is the only one that can be said to stand no chance for first...
...Monday night thieves broke into Wyeth & Fellows' store, and stole about $50 worth of goods. They are supposed by the police to be the same ones who have recently been entering students' rooms...
...four-oar can we meet Cornell. There are several difficulties in the way of this course which do not present themselves in the case of an eight-oared race; but if we cannot enter both an eight and a four, and must choose between the two, it will be worth while to consider whether all the extra work and expense required for the entry of a four-oar will not be fully compensated for to the Crew themselves, as well as to the University at large, by the advantages of a race with Cornell. However, even if it be found...
...with our life here. And perhaps it is well that it is so. Perhaps it is well that Doolittle and Carelittle and little Fawner, who have no opinions of their own, should adopt Swellington's opinions. Swellington would not be a popular man if his opinions were not worth having. But what a responsibility he has! He is probably a noble fellow, but is he always as guarded in his conduct as a student whose opinion becomes public opinion should be? Does he remember that every act of his will be imitated by a score of his admirers? For instance...
...recently remarked that this scheme was like the great bill for "Giving Everybody Everything," and it certainly is. Everybody cannot be rewarded; if they were, rewards would lose all their worth. Half the essence of a prize is the distinction from others it conveys. By lowering the standard of the requirements for honours, we decrease the value of those prizes, and the hitherto highly valued graduation honours of Harvard College will soon degenerate to the level of the numerous prizes lavished among the classes of small-sized colleges...