Word: properity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Certain gentlemen offered to endow at Yale a chair of lectures on Protection. The Philosophical faculty, before whom the matter properly came, referred the matter in proper order to the Presidential Committee of the corporation, which body accepted the endowment and authorized the Philosophical Faculty to establish the course of lectures, which they have done, much to the satisfaction of the whole university, which is never more anxious to hear both sides than are the faculty to give the opportunity...
...sure of escaping the effect of the ascending steam. It is as if the authorities were either afraid we would use too much water, or else afraid of its being wasted by being left running. But in either case, why are the faucet in the tub baths of the proper kind? Surely it were well to be consistent. With this hint at a much needed improvement I await a result...
...with, not all who enter athletic sports have their hearts examined, and even when they do, it is very seldom that a physician is thoroughly satisfied with the examination he has made. But let us suppose our athlete has a sound heart. Let him be well fed with the proper kind of food, and be supplied with the proper kind of air; let his sleep be enough in quantity, and taken at the right time, his habits such as are conducive to health, especially as regards the use of tobacco and alcohol. These things being so, what is the effect...
...There is work for this body to do, and there is no better time for such work than the coming week. Before the next meeting of the Conference is called, the drafting or framing committee should be selected, so that subjects may be referred to it, and cast into proper shape for discussion. These subjects should then be sent to the different members of the Conference, so that each one may be able to have an independent view on what is to be brought up for discussion. With these preliminaries we feel sure that the meetings may be of increasing...
...have entertained their friends to endure the presence and conversation of this class. Each year we have heard the same complaint and the same remedy suggested. The matter is already in the hands of the class day committee, and the evil could be stopped at once if the proper measures were adopted. Where each senior is allowed more tickets than he can possibly use among his more immediate friends, it is natural that he should be led to dispose of them recklessly rather than that they should be unused. If a less number of yard tickets were allowed to each...