Word: worthely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reprint the following editorial from the Boston Advertiser of yesterday, because, aside from its tribute to the worth of a recent graduate, it coincides so exactly with our views of the position in politics which collegebred men ought to take...
...rags would burn and so the San Franciscans found out. The fire of May 4, 1851, destroyed $7,000,000 worth of property, and was called the great fire. For lack of water the engines stood by as silent evidence of the city's official disapproval of fires. Thousands of people were left homeless. In 1851 and 1856 were formed the two famous vigilance committees. The committee of 1856 was highly organized. The committee of '51 had something of the form of an outburst of popular feeling. In closing, the lecturer said he could not help drawing a lesson from...
...tackling, but eighty-seven was by far her superior in team play, and with her heavy rush line played a better blocking game. The support which the juniors gave their quarter-back was the noticeable feature of the game. Every man seemed to play for all he was worth, and the game was exciting throughout...
...recent explosion in College House. Only Thursday last we read how Memorial waiters "cut and slashed each other." All these cases are "written up," with little or no foundation in fact. Those who know anything about the college take these accounts for the little that they are worth, but the mass of people read these bloody tales with avidity and shuddering horror, and vow never to send their sons to such a school of iniquity as Harvard. How utterly absurd all this is! Yet the raving maniacs who write all this stuff are allowed to roam about at will...
...middle of the field, and then passed it to Scott, who carried it past everybody, right down to eighty-six's line, making the first and only point for eighty-nine. This rush was by all odds the most interesting feature of the game, and it was well worth everyone's while to have stood around shivering the whole afternoon to have seen that one play. As no one had expected that the freshmen would score at all, there was great enthusiasm among the spectators. Unfortunately Scott injured himself and was forced to retire soon after, Smith being...