Word: worth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Transcript has the following ponderous joke: "It appears that his excellency's prodding of the Harvard Medical School is to find out whether the Harvard 'LL. D.' is worth accepting...
...this respect, placing to his credit a 3 baser, 2 baser and a single. White's work as pitcher was especially gratifying; not a hit was made off his delivery until the seventh innings and only four during the whole game. He fielded his position for all it was worth, and made several beautiful stops of hard-hit balls. The play of the freshmen members of the nine was noteworthy. Smith played an exceptionally good game on first, but his base-running was hardly up to the mark. Allen played a steady game behind the bat and made a very...
...first sale of the Cooke library recently, in which Harvard, Yale, Brown and other colleges had each a choice of $5000 worth of books, we are informed that Harvard obtained only about $150 worth, most of which were not very valuable. The college did not bid very liberally and obtained some books, duplicates of which are already in the library. Some of the volumes in the Cooke library are very rare and valuable. There will be two more sales, one next fall and the last one next spring, when Harvard will bid more highly and hopes to be more successful...
...Gardner, s. s.; Hamlin, 1b.; Buffum, r.f.; Boyden, c. f.; Harris, p. The men have been coached during the winter by Keefe who thinks that the nine will be strong in fielding but weak in batting. Amherst always turns out a plucky nine that plays for all it is worth, and, from present appearances, this year will prove no exception to the rule...
...expected in a forensic. In the case of honor theses, this is not true. Although a man is not always expected to advance new and startling theories, still an amount of original work and study of authorities is expected which can easily explain why a theses that is worth the maximum mark regarded as a forensic, is worth but eighty-two per cent. of that mark regarded as an honor thesis. As inconsistent and unfair as the marking system really is in many of its features, we believe that our contributor has gone a little...