Word: proper
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...warden of the penitentiary in an attempted escape of several convicts. Durgan is pardoned and goes west with his mother to start life over again. There he becomes a successful business man, and is called upon to accept the nomination for mayor of the town. At the proper moment, the local boss confronts Durgan with the facts of his past life, and threatens to publish them, unless Durgan agrees to veto a bill for a new water works, one of the chief issues of the campaign. Durgan, of course, refuses, the boss releases the story by means of Durgan...
...able boys coming to college at 19 with an education they should have acquired at 16. President Lowell further pointed out the need for independent examiners, to test the measure of efficiency, who would look for evidence of diligent work and a thorough grasp of principles together with a proper knowledge of facts...
...Brown eleven has not showed much improvement since their poor exhibition against Pennsylvania last week. They seem to lack the proper team-play necessary for a successful eleven although there are a great many good individual players. Captain Henry is now on the injured list wth a bad hurt to his ankle and it is doubtful whether he will play today against the Springfield Y.M.C.A. A number of old players including Sprackling, captain of the 1911 team and "Brent" Smith have joined the coaching squad to get Brown into shape for their battle with Harvard...
...players of visiting football teams in the Stadium. It is only fair to say that the football management has realized the need of such a shelter but has been unable to construct it because it would interfere with the fall track games. Now that these are over, a proper shelter will be erected on the east side of the Stadium field...
...cleansing of the English taught, or rather left untaught, in the elementary schools. If-now a demand for better English is accompanied with a liberal system of entrance requirements such as Harvard has introduced, we can see the demolition of the above argument that college demands shut out proper training in English...