Word: worth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fore mentioned schools will recommend to the incoming Freshmen through their respective headmasters that they have found it much more advantageous to commence the Freshman year eating at Memorial, it is practically certain that a good many of these Freshmen will follow their advice. It is a plan worth trying, at any rate, and will be another step towards attaining that greater democracy which will be practically perfected with the institution of Freshman dormitories...
...authors of the Article on "Modern Football: Is the Game Worth the Candle?" which appears in the current issue of the Harvard Illustrated Magazine have found--unfortunately too late--that their statement regarding "Scouting Dartmouth's signals" was based upon unreliable and false information, although its trustworthiness seemed obvious enough at the time of writing. The editors of the Illustrated regret exceedingly that they carelessly accepted the point as stated, based upon the authority given; and wish to disclaim any intention of "charging" Coach Haughton or the Harvard football team with the implication of unfairly dealing with the rules...
After commenting on the fact that many Juniors and Seniors "awake to look back on wasted opportunities" and that as Freshmen "they frittered away their time. . ., failing to acquire intellectual interest or make friends with many classmates who were well worth knowing", he goes on to explain the object of the proposed buildings as follows...
...from various localities and countries, and representing different modes of thought and various forms of activity, intermingle and compete with one another. Thus the environment is provided in which can develop at the very beginning of the career of every class all that is best and most worth while in the complexity of college opportunities...
...numerous opportunities which the University offers, none is more distinctly worth while to the student than that of coming into closer touch with the Faculty. Too often it happens that a man knows his professor only as a lecturer. He finds that in some of the larger courses it is impossible for a more intimate acquaintanceship to spring...