Word: worth
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...which are so very varied that few readers will know what the author wishes them to see. It is better in Mr. Edward Sheldon's "Among Those Sailing." There are good things in the story; but the hero and heroine, probably unlike any lovers who ever lived that were worth their salt, stop in their mutual declaration of love to compare themselves with Mr. and Mrs. Browning. Mr. Rogers MacVeagh's "Anonymously Dedicated" is a better story,--the fiction in the present Advocate that the reader is most likely to remember. Readable, too, but more conventional...
...will be many times more difficult to find a man whose influence on the team will be as excellent as has been Dexter's during the past three years. He has played an excellent game, both in the field and at bat, and has further proved his worth as a captain by his conscientious efforts this year...
...Union this evening at 8.30 o'clock. The purpose of the talk is to suggest to students ways in which the problem of choosing electives may be practically approached; and also to point out the nature of the newly established degree with distinction, and why it is worth while trying for it. Professor Wendell, as acting chairman of the committee on degrees with distinction in History and Literature, will confer with any one who wishes to see him, during his office hours, in Grays 18, and will give any general advice needed...
...paid to those of Greece and Rome. This neglect is partly due to the worthless utilitarian protest that we should study only things which we can sensibly use in our life, and partly because of the undergraduate belief that in Harvard the study of the classics is not made worth while...
...inappropriateness in nine cases out of ten. But it is one thing to criticise and another to construct. If new words were to be written, as the writer of the communication suggests, we feel that they should only be officially adopted after the most careful scrutiny into their lasting worth. Surely no harm would be done, however, if the proper authorities were to invite the graduates and undergraduates to submit new words to our time-honored music, and a justified change might result...