Word: worth
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...field of study judgment must be rendered upon the quantity of first-class work produced in the way of productive scholarship, and that no amount of second-class work can atone for failure in the college to produce this first-class work. A course of study is of little worth if it tends to deaden individual initiative and cramp scholars so that they only work in the ruts worn deep by many predecessors...
...gist of Mr. Long's speech was that it is the common, everyday things of life which are most worth while. In speaking of the civic and social duties, of each individual citizen, he said that, practically, the "State" may be considered as an enlargement of the "City," and the "Commonwealth" as an enlargement of the "State." How far the powers of each of these three divisions shall go is a very difficult question, but it must be admitted that a great degree of centralization is necessary to the proper control of this great "Commonwealth...
...eighth vesper service of the year will be held in Appleton Chapel this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Rev. G. Hodges D.D., dean of the Episcopal Theological School, will conduct the service and the following musical program will be rendered: "Great is the Lord," Burdett; "In Native Worth" from Haydn's "Creation"; "Lo, the day of rest declineth," Bulton. H. L. Murphy '08 will be the soloist...
...been abolished, and the voluntary system introduced. The letter was written to Charles Lewis Slattery '91, now Dean of the Cathedral at Faribault, Minnesota, who has now given it to the Phillips Brooks House. It is an interesting and characteristic document both in form and contents, and is well worth careful inspection. Yours truly JAMES HARDY ROPES...
...Conrad to advantage. "The Strength Test," by S. Ervin '08, is the kind of article one likes to see in the Advocate. Such light, satirical essays on College subjects, on matters which obviously need reform, but which are perhaps not of sufficient importance to demand more serious treatment, are worth while from all points of view. Nothing is more important in reforming abuses than well-directed and kindly ridicule. Of the verse, the "Ballade of Lost Editors," by W. G. Tinckom-Fernandez sC., is the best. It has unusual knowledge of values and a real poetic flavor. "Rain...