Word: properly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large number of men, over a hundred it is reported, failed to register at the proper time on Thursday...
...tennis grounds behind Divinity are not in very good condition for play this fall as the grass was permitted to grow long during the summer. One court has been marked out which is very level but with poor turf. Next spring with proper attention and cutting of the grass the field ought to furnish students with a dozen good courts...
...event proved, our expectations that another victory would be scored to our credit were not without foundation. The steady work which our crew has performed has gained its proper reward. The fact, too, that our victory was gained over such strong antagonists adds greater satisfaction to our success. Too much cannot be said in praise of the eight oarsmen who so stubbornly fought for a victory for Columbia. They have shown by their splendid work of yesterday that Columbia need have no cause for discouragement, for a crew that can make such a record may be confidently expected to show...
...ought to have by us when the desire to spend an hour or two in reading came upon us, we would gain great returns for our trouble. A great part of the aimless reading of the summer is a direct result of pure carelessness. If we should only take proper precautions to have by us some of the books which we have determined to read before the advent of warm weather, we would undoubtedly accomplish far more than if we trusted to chance to furnish us with our reading material. Every one, if he but gives the matter a moment...
...course of preparatory study at school." The sciences are recommended early in the course and "English should be studied from the beginning of school life to the end of college life." It is only right that the classics should stand on their own merits. "It is not the proper business of universities to force subjects of study, or particular kinds of mental discipline upon unwilling generations." "Finally, the enlargement of the circle of liberal arts may be justly urged on the ground that the interests of the higher education and of the institutions which supply that education demand it. When...