Word: worth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stumbling block to carefully devised systems of operation. Undoubtedly some new patronage will be attracted, but some men who are now regular boarders will be changed into transients. On the whole it is possible that the added convenience will be appreciated by the members, and that it will be worth while...
...buildings. Even those who on principle oppose such grouping of classes, will admit that the development of class and College spirit is encouraged by it. And if the system as a whole is good, any change in the details of its administration which would make it more popular, is worth trial...
Again, by cutting down the number of entrance subjects required, it should be possible to reduce the average age of entrance to the College. This is a factor which would aid materially in the influence and worth of the Freshman dormitory system, and is a point not to be overlooked...
...Henry James '99, a member of the Boston Bar, will lecture on "The Worth of the legal Aid Society," under the auspices of the Law School Society of the Phillips Brooks House Association in Austin North this evening at 8 o'clock. This is the second in a series of three lectures on the legal profession in the light of social and moral obligations. The lecture will be open to all members of the University. The series will be concluded on February 3, when Judge Charles Almy '72, of Cambridge, will speak on "Juvenile Court Work...
...lack of interest in the classics. They find as the chief reason for this neglect the scientific and materialistic tendencies of the age, manifested in the colleges in the popularity of so-called practical courses. No doubt this accounts in large part for the conditions, but it is also worth while to ask whether Interest in the classes might not be stimulated by different methods of teaching. Many a general student would be glad to continue his Greek and Latin in College if he had assurance that they would be presented in a form at once thorough and attractive...