Word: worth
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...number, as a whole, is fully up to the average, perhaps above it. "On Taking Oneself Seriously," the criticism of "Debussy," "Freshmen and Philanthropy," and "River Wind," are individual, and well worth while. Unfortunately there is no story so good as some of those we have had lately from K. B. Townsend...
...does annually: take an account of stock and ascertain if the business pays? The various crews and teams have got some exercise. The men who composed them have got some social prestige and popular notoriety, and the undergraduates some lung-exercise and some disappointments. But has this result been worth what it has cost? The money cost alone, as some newspapers estimate it, of the last game is from a quarter to half a million dollars; and if half this sum comes out of Harvard pockets, was the game worth the price of the candle? This is for a single...
...Jews and not for the Gentiles. Is not the motto, the greatest good for the greatest number, as applicable to collegians as to the general public? A hundred men or so are engaged in the various sports. But how about the other nineteen hundred? Are not these men worth considering? Are not their health, enjoyment, physical development worth a thought...
Subject to the preferences specified in the assignment of these scholarships, they are intended to confer an academic distinction like that attaching to other scholarships. It is the desire of the founders that in estimating the worth of a candidate for one of these scholarships weight shall be given not only to his mental and moral qualities, but also to his bodily health and vigor, especially as shown in proficiency in outdoor sports. In the assignment of these scholarships preference will be given to the descendants of John Coolidge, who settled in Watertown, Mass., about 1630, and to residents...
From this time on the team developed consistently, although the possibilities or the new rules were still far from realization. The future eleven was beginning to take shape about this time, when Forbes was moved from tackle to end, and Hockenberger was proving his worth as a centre. The two remaining games proved to be hard ones. By a splendid brace, when defeat seemed certain, Yale was victorious over West Point. Brown also was a difficult opponent and held Yale down to one hard fought touchdown...