Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...been decided to submit the question to the executive committee of the I. C. A. A. A. A. for decision. This step has been taken because it is felt that Harvard can prove conclusively that Schick finished second, and it is believed that in the face of such proof the technical rule will not be allowed to stand in the way of a just decision. If the decision of the judges is sustained, Yale will have won the Mott Haven cup offered in 1890 to the college winning the annual championship the greatest number of times in fourteen years...
...Williams 1905 debating team defeated the Sophomores at Williamstown on Saturday. The Williams team had the negative side of the question, and won by shifting the burden of proof on their opponents. The question was: "Resolved, That the best industrial interests of the United States demand the immediate, absolute abolition of all customs duties on the raw materials and rough products of iron and steel; such as pig-iron, scrap-iron and steel ingots...
...They easily outwit the vizier and the ministers, secure the Cat and return to the Maharajah's court just before the arrival of the crestfallen ministers, who have brought the two guards of the shrine, whom they supposed dead, but had only been drugged by the Boston fakirs, as proof of the fight with the Rao's soldiers which they offer as an excuse for their failure. The Maharajah is furious, but his anger is quickly changed to the utmost terror, when word comes that the Rao and his soldiers are approaching, in search of the Cat. Before...
...next meeting of the Society the form to be used in printing the lists will be decided. Proof sheets will then be sent to all occupants of the rooms who survive, and the lists when corrected will be framed and hung in each room, beginning with Hollis and taking one building at a time. It is hoped to have the work completed by Class...
...contents of the attempt to condense the book has resulted in a decided curtailment of usefulness. A number of organizations that would seem to deserve a place are omitted, and the lists of members of athletic teams are rendered of little use by the omission of initials. Carelessness in proof reading added to the other faults makes this edition a not very creditable copy of its predecessors...