Word: properly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...namely, the great success of its graduates in political life, which it attributes to their college training in such things. It now appears that "nearly ten per cent" of the college-bred men, members of the Forty-second Congress, were graduates of Yale. If society wire-pulling is the proper school for a successful politician, let no one longer wonder at the venality of Washington...
...regularity with which their stroke was set. And it only demonstrated the superiority of the steady swing in a long race. The steadiness with which the stroke kept at his work was much to be praised, and we are glad to see that this idea of the proper stroke is gaining ground here. The waist men of this crew were a little unsteady as regards swinging, some coming back too far, and others not enough; but the prevailing fault was a tendency to settle, and not quite enough catch at the beginning of the stroke; nevertheless, their time stands...
...speaking of military drill he says: "Are we never going to wake from the delusion that various pursuits and occupations which war rendered necessary more than ten years ago are proper ingredients in a life of settled peace...
...martial pursuits. The Bowdoin men had not learned the first lesson of military life, which is obedience. Men who will sign an agreement to keep all the laws of an institution, and then deliberately break their agreement, manifest the need of military drill. Military drill, when backed by the proper authority, makes men prompt to obey, well qualified to command. It gives them erect forms and strong bodies. It makes them cultivate regular habits and develops true manliness. Such men are wanted in peace as well...
...departure" of the Everett Athenaeum from the orbit which some of its early friends and former members had confidently asserted to be its only proper one must be a source of hearty congratulation for those most interested. The success that attended the theatricals at Andover and Exeter on Friday the 17th, and Saturday the 18th instant, was such as to make these occasions memorable in the society's history; and if the enthusiasm of an audience means anything, the society will have a hearty welcome whenever it chooses to revisit either of these towns...