Word: worth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Outing for June has several articles which are well worth the perusal of all Harvard men interested in athletics. All Mott Haven men or those who have been candidates for the Mott Haven team will enjoy Malcolm W. Ford's valuable paper entitled "Distance Running," a companion article to his "Sprinting" which appeared in the May Outing. In it Mr. Ford gives an excellent exposition of the best methods of training for long distance running, and the most effective ways of getting into good condition. The article is well illustrated by portraits of the most famous distance men, including Myers...
...Monthly for April is one of the best of the numbers of this year. The article which Mr. Edwin H. Abbott contributes on "Harvard Clubs" occupies the place of honor and is well worth the perusal of every Harvard man. Mr. Abbott gives some interesting data concerning the Harvard clubs in the various parts of the country and draws a vivid pen picture of the benefits which such associations of cultivated men confer upon communities in the West. "Their meetings and companionship are, of course, full of enjoyment and pleasant community of past associations, but inside of this...
...event to oblige a friend and make the number of entries just large enough to keep the event from being thrown out altogether. The friend wins a prize very likely, and then enters another event to return the obligation to the first kind friend. Contests like these are worth absolutely nothing, and we much rather see the classes abandon the games altogether than carry them on in this spirit...
...Ninety-two, moved with a deep and sincere sorrow by the death of Seymour Howell, who for more than two years filled an hour arable and familiar place in our life, we wish publicly to express, as far as possible by words, some sense of our appreciation of his worth and manly qualities and of our deep regret for his loss...
...twenty thousand dollars; to two homes for the aged, at Worcester, one thousand dollars each, and one thousand dollars to the city hospital at Worcester; to the American Unitarian Association, five thousand dollars. Five thousand dollars is given to the Harvard Divinity School, and a piece of real estate worth twenty thousand dollars is given to Harvard College. The total amount which Harvard will receive from this will, has been estimated to be at least one hundred thousand dollars. It was Mr. Conant's wish that a building bearing his name be erected with the money if the amount should...