Word: worth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...real sense the Japanese students in the University--and this consideration also applies to other foreign students--are our guests. They have come long distances to seek our hospitality, to learn our customs and ideals, and to adopt such of them as may be worth while. Sociologists prove to us that peace and prosperous intercourse exist between those nations which are most similar in traditions, ideals, and manners of living. It is, therefore, our duty as hosts of the foreign students, who come to seek and establish common bonds of interest to become aware of our opportunity and welcome them...
Farrell has just returned from Fort Worth, Texas, where he was commissioned in the Aviation Service, being one of that group of college trainers who entered the aviation service for the purpose of keeping the flyers in condition...
...longer need to embark on a four-days' fast when he comes east to college. We are glad for his sake. And even those of us who take but short trips are interested in the new regulation, especially in the particular clause that stipulates that the food shall "be worth the price." This introduces an entirely new note into the customarily dull drone of decrees and legislation...
...grumbling. Everything else has gone up and so why not travelling? But poor service, now that war congestion is being cleared up and labor is abundant, should not be excused. If the kitchens can be made to do it why should not the roads be asked to furnish service "worth the price...
There are at least three feasible methods of attack. The first is that of compulsory undergraduate membership, the second that of administration by the college with free membership to all Harvard men, the third simply that of making the Union worth while, of placing in the very centre of the University such a vitally interesting institution as to compel membership out of sheer honest interest. The only true Harvard plan is the last method. The writer believes that he can outline a fair way to victory were such a plan adopted...