Word: worth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...connection with the calling out of the class crews this week it is worth while to call attention to the unusual opportunities offered to candidates this spring. Ever since it was announced that the 'Varsity men would row on their class crews until April there has been a feeling that places in the boats would be harder to get than ever before. Just the contrary is the case, however, as is shown by the announcements made this morning...
...know that the University has ever attempted to honor the great president, but it is a custom well worth beginning. Lincoln was not a college graduate. Modern education can not claim him as its product. But it is nevertheless most fitting that the colleges should lead in the movement to show respect for him, because he possessed almost as natural traits many of the finest mental and moral qualities which America is nowadays trying to develop by means of her educational institutions...
...that the really cold winter weather has set in it seems a pity that, owing to the recent thaw which spoilt the ice on the ponds, there is no skating worth speaking of, and I have a suggestion to make which I hope will meet with favor from the student body and the Athletic Committee. This is that Holmes Field, or some other suitable place, be flooded and made into a skating rink for the use of the students only, and also for the ice hockey team to practice on at stated times. Nothing could be easier than to construct...
...certainly seems worth while to consider such a plan. There is published this morning a call for candidates to form a 1900 class hockey team. If such a team can be successfully started, other class teams will doubtless be formed and a good training school for the 'Varsity established. The men are green at the Canadian game, even at the preparatory schools the old ice polo is still in vogue, but it seems certain that the new game will be permanently adopted among the colleges. By the increased interest sure to be aroused through the formation of class teams, there...
...whole, this issue of the Advocate is of average worth...