Word: proved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sanctioned by such long usage, yet it seems as if a departure from this custom would not be inadvisable. Some means of distinction necessarily should be made between the members of the graduating class and the other members of the university. Still, a cap and gown would not only prove as good a means of distinction but would also be much more in keeping with the occasion and its associations than the conventional dress suit. If there be interest enough, cannot the class-day committee take the matter in hand and call a meeting of the class to take action...
...attention of our readers to the series of lectures on the "Various Influences Affecting the Development of the Greek Art," the first of which Dr. Waldstein will give to-morrow evening. Such a subject, treated in so broad a manner as Dr. Waldstein cannot fail to treat it, will prove a valuable and delightful source of instruction to all interested in this subject...
...Waldstein's innovations, the fair-minded critic cannot fail to discern the traces of true genius in his doctrines. Though a very young man, the lecturer has attained no mean position in the scientific world, as the distinctions lately conferred upon him fully attest. Sever 11 ought to prove too small for those who wish to hear the lecture to-morrow night...
...humanitarianism could offer as a motive nothing more than a sense of the wrongs of humanity. Christianity had as its motive the stirring belief - the divinity of each human soul. The power of Christian humanitarianism lay in its threefold presentation - by the Gospel, Preaching and the Church. Christianity had proved in the past to be, and always would prove to be the sole permanent strength of humanitarianism...
...this (and all) inconvenience could be easily done away with and our facilities greatly increased, were we to add to the cage that portion of the bowling alley west of the line of brick pillars that support the ceiling. This, beside aiding the work of the batteries, would also prove of value to the whole nine...