Word: worth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Johns Hopkins, the founder of the university that bears his name, entered Baltimore nineteen years of age with sixty-two cents in his pocket, and died worth seven millions of dollars. He worked harder to make the first thousand dollars than he did to make all the rest...
...question whether credit shall be given for work done on college papers has been a growing one and one which is certainly worth looking at from all sides. It has been claimed, and very naturally, that if work done upon college papers is to count for a degree it should be as valuable and methodically thorough as any other University work, and should be capable of supervision by the faculty...
...suggestion of Professor Norton in regard to a memorial to Phillips Brooks in the form of a library and a reading room for Harvard is worth serious consideration, for such a memorial would be of infinitesimal value to the University. The need of a new library and a reading room is a crying one, growing more and more obvious every year and long ago reaching a point where some action must be taken. Gove Hall has long since ceased to be satisfactory; it is built upon a poor model and is too small to hold our increasing library, while...
...Gladden may be found at Wads-worth House 1 daily from...
...description of the English itemized bills are rather amusing. In this same class comes "Under the Far West Green wood Tree" and the English Cambridge in Winter." In the latter, by Albert G. Hyde, is given an excellent idea of the chapel services of the college and is well worth reading. "Feudal Chiefs of Acadia" by Francis Parkman and Dr. George E. Ellis' article on "Count Rumford" make up the history and biography. The former would undoubtedly be of interest to many not only on account of its pleasing style but because a good knowledge of Boston...