Word: worth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regular club debates are concerned, the general practice has been to appoint a small number of principal disputants for each occasion,- two, as a rule,- and the attendance has not been sufficient to ensure an audience worth addressing. This difficulty can be obviated to some degree by uniting all the available forces, and an equally rapid rotation of speakers may be maintained by appointing four speakers for each debate...
...great parties themselves are corrupt. Men do not get offices as rewards of merit. The remedy is right before us. The nation has made the civil service a breathing place for parasites. Restore this service to its proper condition. It will be done with cost, but it is worth while...
...necessarily apt to think chiefly of Marshall Newell the athlete. The real loss which falls heavily upon the University and upon his friends and the community in which he lived, is the loss of Marshall Newell the man. Such sterling virtues as his, and such mental and moral worth deserve all the honor they can receive from any formal recognition. The service will be a sincere tribute to a character which will always be admired...
...Taken on Approval," although clever, is silly and does not justify its length-it is by far the longest contribution in the number. "When I'm Polite," is an anecdote not worth the telling and it is not very well told either. The number contains the usual collection of literary gymnastics under the head of "College Kodaks." One of these, called "My Lady of Boston," is in miserable taste and reminds one of the well known fable of the Fox and the Grapes...
...verses in this number though slight is worth while, especially the song just below the editorial and the lines on "The Great Iceland Glacier...