Word: properly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...parts in "Crispin" were mostly well taken. L. D. Koven '04, especially, was amusing and true to life. The costumes of the men were suitable and good, but the dresses of the women were ill fitting and should be altered before the public performances. The fact that neither the proper scenery nor the Banjo and Mandolin clubs were on hand did not seriously detract from the performances which are well worth seeing...
Jones, right tackle, stands too high, and does not maintain his proper position in relation to the guard. He lacks charge, relying on brute force to get his opponent out of the way, with the result that he gets tangled up with his opponent too often. He has, however, shown much improvement since the beginning of the season. Pierce, right tackle, is rather light for the place, and is too easily turned aside. He has not learned how to resist force coming at him from an angle, now properly to help out his guard...
...wages question is perhaps the most important branch of political economy and its subjective treatment is attained by the use of statistics. But it is essential that the user of statistics should understand the proper method for constructing them, and the attendant difficulties. There are four great sources of error which are to be avoided in securing statistics. First, observation is not trustworthy; there must be reliable figures and they should cover a considerable space of time. Second, the distinction must be kept in mind between "average" and "arithmetical mean." Third, in dealing with percentages the basic numbers must...
...difficulties of obtaining correct data are almost insurmountable. In the first place all figures must be obtained by personal inspection, for a manufacturer answering a letter of inquiry would be sure to fall into one or more of the fatal errors enumerated above. The proper method of constructing a schedule is to show the wages paid to each employee through a period of years, but here the statistician is confronted with serious problems. The number of people employed is always difficult to find; and even when that is done he may be unable to compute the duration of the labor...
...when it was purchased by private subscriptions amounting to $6,000, chiefly from citizens of Boston. The understanding was that the Museum should take charge of the mound until some local society should be able to receive it. Of late years there has been great difficulty in taking proper care of the Serpent Mound Park and it has therefore been transferred to the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society...