Word: worth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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During the vacation, the store of Mr. Marshea, under Hilton House, was entered by burglars, who secured $300 worth of plunder...
...those extras, so it seems to me they ought to wipe off either the "board" or the "extra" items. And here, may it please the Olympian Tens, is the last one of all,-the last straw, too. 'Gymnasium Locker,' $2. Now considering the fact that I lost about $30 worth of clothes out of that very locker, owing to the neglect of the athletic committee to "turn the rascals out" who have been indulging in amusing little vagaries of a kleptomaniacal nature during the entire term, I certainly think that I am the creditor of the faculty to the extent...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: -Would it not be a change worth considering, to limit the total weight of opposing teams in foot ball (to, say, 1700 or 1800 pounds), in the same way that the weight of tug-of-war teams is limited? I do not see why the same principle should not apply in both cases. The conditions for all would then be fairer, and scientific training and skilful playing would then be far more important elements of the game than they are at present. Join this to the reforms of the game which will do away with its unfair...
Such are some of the pleasant and interesting walks about Cambridge. I might mention more, but why enumerate longer? Cambridge is inexhaustible-nearly every street leading to something worth seeing. Let the pedestrian only be observant and study the houses, and whatever else he may see, and he will find Cambridge no dull place. Indeed, belonging, as Cambridge does half to this, half to the last century, but few more interesting cities are to be found in this country...
...School would no doubt consent to act as coach for nothing. Indeed, he might think it his duty to do so. It would, however, be an imposition upon him by the athletic committee. He would be giving an amount of his time for nothing, which to another man was worth $750 a year...