Word: worthely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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LOST. - A heavy bone-handled cane. Finder will please return to 14 Wads-worth...
...championship prize in the singles is a solid silver pitcher, beautifully chased, and worth over $150. This will be known as the "New England Championship Prize," and must be won three times, not necessarily consecutively, to become the property of any one. In addition to this, the winner will receive a silver bowl outright. The second prize in the singles will be an antique toddy kettle on a crane. The prizes in the doubles will be cut glass punch bowls in cases. The tournament will be conducted under the rules of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association...
...have ventured to occupy so much of your space because I think it well worth while to remind the college of its duty to take some active steps to remedy this evil...
...King James version of the Bible, in particular, has never received the attention to which its peculiar literary merits entitle it. An attempt has been made to convince the public that as a translation it is a poor and inadequate piece of work. That question it is not worth while here to discuss; but it still bids fair to remain among the imperishable classics of our tongue. For its extraordinary merits as a piece of English place it above the rank of a translation and transform it into something only less original and native to the intellectual soil than...
...Ropes contributes a very valuable paper entitled, "A Few Words About Secession," in which he shows that if the South can prove the truth of their premises about the sovereignty of the States that ratified the constitution, their stand in seceding would be justifiable. The paper is well worth a careful perusal, as it throws much new light on this well-worn theme. "Nature's Poem" is a delicate bit of verse, and expresses a pretty idea in highly artistic form. Mr. Palmer has also added much interest to this number by a well-written sketch of Ben Johnson...