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Word: properous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale crew will practice on Lake Whitney in preference to the gymnasium tank, until the harbor is in proper condition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/15/1890 | See Source »

...each chapter there are a number of questions and tests on the subject matter under discussion, and at the end of the book there is an appendix giving a summary of the tariff schedule of the United States. Professor MacVane's system, as is proper in a book of such moderate size, is to state all laws and arguments clearly and with justice to each side without intimation of the author's private opinion. For in stance, in the chapter on Free Trade, the principles are enumerated, after which follows a simple statement of the arguments brought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor MacVane's New Book. | 2/13/1890 | See Source »

...extraordinary ability not evinced by those of previous nines. Hereto it has been the custom for the class or the candidates for the nine to elect a temporary captain, but this custom will be departed from this year. Captain Linn will himself appoint the temporary captain when the proper time comes, and late in the year the members of the nine will elect a permanent captain. Several of the candidates for the freshman nine were captains of last year's preparatory school nines, among whom are Manning (captain of last year's st. Mark's), Ayer (captain of last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Nine. | 1/31/1890 | See Source »

...base the above argument on the figures in the Advocate. Any one may satisfy himself of its truth in five minutes. It is quite true that the college proper has gained only 13 western men in the past year and has not been gaining as fast as Yale in this respect for some time, but I argue that there is nothing in the least alarming in this fact, because the facts for a few years show nothing of the tendency of the college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 1/27/1890 | See Source »

...second communication deals with the lack of proper training, and cites numerous cases in point. A physician should be engaged regularly and not only should he be at hand when the teams are practicing, but the candidates should consult him on their condition at least once a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 1/25/1890 | See Source »

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