Word: proof
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Buck, who had charge of another expedition. In the excavations at Icaria, a theatre has been brought to light which is thought to prove that Icaria was the birthplace of the drama. According to the old Greek legends, this place was the seat of the drama, but no proof could be found to confirm this supposition. The success of Mr. Buck reflects great credit upon himself and the American School as being the first to settle the location beyond a doubt. The New York Nation gives a very accurate description of the excavations and the famous Dr. Curtins of Berlin...
...from all European nations. The city abounds in dogs, which act as the scavengers of the place. The houses are huddled together, small and badly ventilated. They are built of stone and have few windows. The roofs are flat and covered with a sort of cement which is water-proof. The richer natives have houses with tiled roofs. The soldiers of the city are poorly fed and badly clothed, and are of a dull, stolid appearance. The heat in summer is excessive and particularly severe on the Europeans, who generally retire to villas on Mount Lebanon, which overlooks the city...
...Chemical and Physical Laboratories have been very busy during the past year, both in teaching science and in advancing scientific knowledge. The Observatory is now sufficiently endowed to make its future secure as a permanent establishment for astronomical research. The one need of the observatory is a fire-proof building to contain the valuable records of unpublished observations and records...
...Practical Economic Objections. (a) History of the Agitation. Bradstreet's selected numbers. (b) Effects, by strikes, in loss of wages, and in loss of capital and wealth. Bradstreet's, Ibid. (c) General failure of the agitation. Bradstreet's, January 8 and February 12, 1887. (d) Proof that agitation is premature. Bradstreet...
...have opened their eyes to the plain fact that they gain nothing and that the students lose nothing by cutting down the vacation to such very narrow limits. The attendance in the courses during the week before and the week after vacation might seem to be a sufficient proof of how little regard is had by the men for the actual dates of the Christmas recess. But it seems that the faculty gets a grim satisfaction by worrying the consciences of those men who spend what we deem a perfectly legitimate holiday at home. What systematic and persistent complaint...