Word: proved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...case. He then spoke about the winter meetings; the tediousness of so much wrestling on the first day and his disapproval of all sparring on Ladies Day. This he would remedy by putting all the sparring and wrestling into the first day, then should the entries prove too large, have a preliminary meeting, and have the winners only compete in the regular one. The two Ladies days might be compressed into one, and a gymnastic contest with Yale arranged to take the place of the third meeting. This would revive the interest, which is not what it should...
...society which has such an honorable record and which offers such opportunities to members, should be one of the strongest of our college organizations. No greater test of ability can be imagined than that which compels a man to prove true to himself and to his convictions as he stands before an audience composed of students like himself and express his own thoughts and character in every sentiment he utters. The habit of hearing one's own voice, of thinking upon one's feet is a most valuable acquisition and it can be obtained in no other way than...
...Union this winter than was shown last year. The debates are open to all members of the University, and all are invited to participate in the discussions. A student who has spoken twice from the floor becomes thereby eligible for membership. The easy access to the society must prove an additional incentive to men who desire to learn to speak well...
...eleven leaves for Worcester where it will play the football team representing the Worcester Institute of Technology. We wish the eleven the best of success in this, their first game of the season, and trust that the confidence reposed by the college at large in the team will not prove misplaced...
...point out the reason why the crew proved so slow would lead us too deeply into the study of their style of rowing, but in general the cause seems to lie in the failure to profit by the experience of recent years, inasmuch as the whole system of organization and management introduced by Storrow in 1885 was completely disregarded because the crews in the crews in the two succeeding years were defeated. The Yale and Columbia crews of 1886 beat Harvard after close races because they adopted, to a considerable extent, the same system and ideas that Storrow had taught...