Word: proof
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...proof of the popularity of this magazine is that the "Washington" number, issued in December, is now in its third edition...
...exert themselves to attend the dinner and contribute their part to increase the good fellowship. Eighty-nine has made a good record in college of which she may well be proud, and she has never been charged with lack of class patriotism. The dinner a year ago was a proof of the loyalty of her members. Her junior dinner was the largest one ever held by any class. There is no reason why the senior dinner should not be still larger. Let every man sign and help to make the occasion a success...
...experiment of holding divine service on Thursday afternoons throughout the winter, begun two years ago, has met with the success it deserved. Every Vesper Service held last year was exceptionally well attended, giving proof of the popularity of these meetings. The service is composed largely of singing. The short address delivered is always upon some subject connected with the University, and hence of interest to the students. The first of this year's series of Vesper Services will be given this afternoon in the Chapel. In addition to the regular choir, the members of the Glee Club have offered their...
...great pity that after the freshman eleven has given proof of Ninety-two's worth on the foot-ball field Saturday afternoon, certain other members of the class should feel obliged to give proof of their fatness at the Adams House Saturday evening. One of the most unsatisfactory features of our college life is that every athletic victory brings with it disagreeable consequences; that every bright cloud, so to speak, has its dark lining. Can not an individual be a freshman and a man at once? If these would-be tough freshmen were mature enough to realize how silly such...
...crew should be placed completely under his control. In the good old days when Harvard used to win some victories with the oar, a Harvard graduate was the only coach for the crew, but because he received compensation for his services, the faculty judged him to be a proof seasonal, and forced upon the boat club his dismissal. This short-sighted policy met with the fate it merited. A regular professional coach was secretly tried, and the result which the faculty most desired to bring about was com palely frustrated...