Word: proof
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been this fall, and that we all feel indebted to the able superintendent who has brought the society to its present flourishing condition. The fact that the society could afford as early in the year as this to refund several hundred dollars is a strong and pleasing proof of its success...
...pleased to see, by the proof sheets of the forthcoming catalogue, that the Dante Society offers an annual prize, for three years, of one hundred dollars for the best essay on a subject drawn from the life and works of Dante. Competition is open to any student of the university or to any graduate of not more than three years standing. The first prize is offered for the year 1886-87, and the essay must be deposited with the Dean on or before the first day of May of the latter year. The judges of the essays will...
...glance at the proof sheets of the third number of the Advocate, which will be ready at 4.30 p.m. to-day, shows that this new number is bright and interesting. The balance is well preserved between the light, humorous articles, and those of a more distinctly literary character...
...there is any unfortunate disturbance, at a ball, for instance, of course it is college men to whom it must be laid, and even if it is not quite certain that they are to blame it makes such a very spicy article for a paper. Is it not a proof on the face of it, of its unlikelihood, that such an item is copied all over the country? People think it is strange - it is surprising - no doubt it is, but does any of them think that its strangeness bears, maybe, some witness to its unlikelihood, that the astonishment which...
...Lampoon will appear Friday The proof sheets of the drawings promise an interesting copy. Eighty-eight especially will find food for reflection in its pages...