Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...school. Dean Edgell is not an architect himself; but in his work as a fellow of the American Academy in Rome and in his book on architecture, he has shown himself to be a thorough student of the history of art. The executive ability of which he has given proof in his duties on the Administrative Board as well as his intimate knowledge of other departments of the University, combine to make him eminently qualified to fill his new position...
...observation. Life after death is not proved scientifically, any more than it has been disproved. Among the majority of those who are its present advocates, conviction rests chiefly upon belief and a species of intuition. But as yet few psychologists are willing to risk their reputations by definitely announcing proof, for which they have up to the present found no basis. And until the experts in the peculiarities of the mind, conscious and subconscious, find proof irrefutable, all the layman can do is maintain an unprejudiced attitude...
Tomorrow is the last day upon which Seniors can return proofs of their photographs to Notman's. After then, it will be necessary for the committee to make a selection of a picture for the Album, of men who do not return the proof of the photograph they wish published. 1922 Senior Album Committee...
...Dutch or Nationalist party is not, it is true, allied with the government, but in the present crisis the Dutch population has rallied most loyally to the crown forces and is exerting every effort to suppress the disorders in the Transvaal. One convincing proof of this fact lies in the ranks of the miners themselves. Contrary to popular opinion, the vast majority of the white laborers in the mines are of British descent--only a very small percentage are Dutch--and it is this division, composed of English, Scotch, and Irish workers, that is causing the difficulty...
...which I know perfectly well is not worth prolonging--a life that is only a curse to its day and generation. The work that college men are doing in Labrador, by changing these lives by example, helps to make all the difference in the world. I have seen the proof of this, while they have been unloading coal vessels--a tough job, or digging foundations in a boulder bank glued together by heavy clay, or blasting out a water supply through granite rocks almost under water all the time, or firing in the tiny engine room of a hospital steamer...