Word: proper
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...made, it would be done at the expense of the city of Cambridge or of the State, according as one or the other has control of the bridges. Neither would have any advantage in making the change, and unless a very strong petition could be presented to the proper authorities it would be useless to attempt to induce them to do anything about it. Nevertheless, the construction of the arches would be of so much advantage to our boating interests that we hope an attempt, at least, will be made to induce the authorities to undertake the work...
...society and to draw votes from the other elements of the class. In judging the elections we suspect that some, who are dissatisfied, have not wholly freed themselves from the old notions, and, while desiring an open election, have forgotten its very essence. And here it is very properly claimed by the friends of the new system that it succeeds if it selects able and fit men for the places irrespective of the "element" they may belong to. The criterion is not that the "elements" have an exact numerical representation, but that positions of responsibility be filled...
...that is, the insertion of advertisements in the body of the book, and the printing of one on the back of a page devoted to the societies of the Law School. If the editors intended it as a directory of tradesmen, then this insertion of advertisements is perfectly proper; but as the ostensible purpose of the book is to afford students information regarding societies, etc., it is as unpardonable as it is unnecessary...
...ordinary decorations of college rooms are very tiresome. Wherever you go the same faces stare down at you from the walls; the same figures appear in the same more or less proper attitudes; the same white shingles with monstrous red seals, and sometimes the same silver medals, with ribbons chosen by the happy owner's friends and patrons, grow as tiresome as the same bell which has rung the college up to prayers for goodness knows how many years...
...showing them that public opinion would not be so violently opposed to such an improvement as is generally thought. At any rate, I do not think that we need fear what outsiders will think, if we are sure that we are doing what is right, and take proper care to let our reasons be known...