Word: doubtful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...already found useful appointments in China,--in mission hospitals, medical schools, etc. One of them has joined the staff of this Schools. That there exists in China a demand for native doctors and health officers trained in the best medical knowledge and skill of the modern world is beyond doubt. Before long it may be expected that the Chinese government will officially sanction and confirm the degree given by this Schools, and by some others...
Tomorrow has been proclaimed by the President of the United States a day upon which all churchmen shall congregate and offer prayers for peace. Whatever one's faith in the efficacy of prayers there is no doubt but that indirectly through the effect on the men themselves such a proclamation can result in great good. There could be no more auspicious occasion for all those who have as yet failed to attend service to begin the cultivation of the habit than tomorrow,--Peace Sunday...
...Warner's Carlisle eleven last year in the game against Dartmouth. It would be a mistake to suppose, however, that these two teams were not equipped with a first class kicking game. Brown's Yale team was irresistible, just as was Warner's on its big day. I doubt, however, whether either coaching system would think the less of kicking today...
...Yale University crew won from Harvard on the Thames on June 19, in what has been termed the most remarkable rowing contest ever seen on American waters. The margin of victory was so small that stop-watches could not measure it. The judges at the finish were in doubt as to the actual amount of Yale's lead, placing it between three feet and a few inches, but were agreed that Yale had won. The crowds in the observation trains and on the water were divided in opinion until the final announcement of the referee...
...much to advance scholarship by making possible the prompt publication and wide dissemination of the results of scientific research. Such a press can also advance the prestige of the University by issuing over its imprint learned works that may not need special subsides. These books would be accepted, without doubt, by commercial publishers, but they might fail to be connected in the public mind with the institution at which they were produced, did they not bear its imprint...