Word: worth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...instruction includes a moving picture theatre, which shows how the world's best athletes perform; the pictures are slowed down so that every movement is clearly visible. After seeing the films the students are taken to the camp grounds, where they receive individual instruction. The system has proved its worth and is bringing excellent results, especially in the javelin, shot-putting and hurdling events...
...been no increase in the salaries of the members of the Harvard Faculty. A man who has spent seven years in training receives only $1260 a year, an amount earned by the majority of day laborers. Now if over is the time to prove that "training the mind" is worth more to the community than "minding the train...
...that while the rest of the world has called upon men from the universities especially trained and fitted, the United States has not offered sufficient inducement to attract men of high standing and ability. To remedy this condition and to attract university graduates who have proved their worth, the Export Association offers several suggestions: First, the formulation of proper civil service regulations to apply to the entire diplomatic and consular systems, with the single exception of ambassadors and ministers, since they are the personal representatives abroad of the administration...
...worth of fall rowing cannot be questioned, judging from the number of men who reported regularly during the last several months and the success of the five-day regatta which brought the season to a brilliant close. Intense interest was shown from start to finish in the rival club crews and in the competition between the three Freshman dormitories...
...believed in the common saying that 'there are as good fish in the sea as ever come out of it.' He believed, and indeed the world would not be worth living in if one did not believe that there are as good men in the world as those who are gone and that those who are yet to be born will be not less good. But nevertheless we shall never see Henry Lee Higginson again...