Word: prove
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...communication in regard to Memorial Hall in this morning's issue is interesting. The writer has undertaken to prove by a reductio ad absurdum that the new transient system was not responsible for the high price of board in November and December, which statement was made at the time by several members of the Association. It sounds reasonable to advocate the maintenance of both systems in use at present. We should not be surprised if the writer had called attention to a good share of the trouble in advocating a more business-like effort to please...
There has been considerable speculation during the past two months as to who would prove acceptable to both the Corporation and the Board of Overseers and be elected to the office of President of the University. The Corporation is practically unlimited in its selection and it may decide upon someone entirely unsuspected by the public or by other members of the University. Nevertheless it seems to be the prevailing opinion of graduates and the public press that the choice will fall upon some one of the men mentioned below...
...candidates will be limited to Harvard men. Several brilliant men have been under consideration who have not received their degrees here. There seems to be a fairly general sentiment against the choice of such a man, however, and the CRIMSON is inclined to believe the right man will prove to be a Harvard...
...connection with work in one of the courses in the English department. The criticisms of the play have naturally been concerned in considerable measure with the author himself, this being his first production, and they have been extremely favorable. Mr. Sheldon has made an auspicious start. He should prove a valuable addition to the all too limited group of real American dramatists...
...experience in this branch of government service. Both in the Philippines and in Porto Rico he has been in position to know the situation as it really exists and what is the best policy to pursue in the government and education of these peoples. His talk this evening should prove of interest to those who have followed at all the government's policy of expansion and who are interested in the insular possessions...