Word: worth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Certainly it is doubtful whether the tennis expedition to Washington and Annapolis was worth the expense. Out of the possible four days for tennis, it rained steadily during two of them, on another Harvard played a Washington team with the temperature hovering at thirty-nine, and against Navy on Saturday a downpour broke loose half way through the match. The team could have had more practice indoors at Cambridge. Even the lacrosse team, which played its games through mud and rain, spent money which could better be used for some under-coached or ill-equipped minor sport. Soccer, fencing...
...second part asks if a student's activities have been (1) Fun, (2) Worth the time demanded, (3) Detrimental to marks, and (4) More valuable than course work...
...important are extra-curricular activities in your undergraduate life? If you are engaged in one or more, do you feel that they have taken more time than they are worth? Or if you have taken part in none, do you now regret...
...P.B.H., Hygiene Building, and advisers is essential. In formation about students should be pooled, and the confusion engendered by so many agencies eliminated by full cooperation and understanding. In view of the burden which Dean Leighton carries, the wisdom of appointing an assistant to handle only advisory matters is worth considering. Such a man, who must have plenty of time and interest, would perform general secretarial duties, such as correlating and distributing the data prepared by the various college agencies...
...Franklin Roosevelt's Administration sincerely hopes. Last week an announcement by Frederick Ecker, chairman of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., cheered The Bronx and indicated that private finance could do its part. Mr. Ecker's announcement: Metropolitan has signed contracts with builders to put up $35,000,000 worth of housing, covering 120 acres in The Bronx. This development will be by far the biggest housing project ever undertaken in the U. S. When completed three years from now, 50,000 people will live...