Word: proved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Gilman, '85, the anchor of the senior class tug-of-war team, has received an injury to his knee. It is feared that it will prove to be water on the knee, in which case he will be unable to pull on the team...
...Greek, that the subjects which are now put down in the school curriculum as essentials, are, in fact, luxuries. And no less an authority than the London Athenaeum declares that compulsory Greek in the schools is doomed. The argument from the English school system, therefore, is likely to prove a boomerang in the hands of the classicists...
...those who believe that collegebred men ought to take an active part in politics, the following sketches of the members of President Cleveland's cabinet who are college graduates will prove interesting reading...
...volumes in the basement of the library. By the plan under consideration, all that is valuable in American and foreign papers can be collected, placed in a compact form, and properly indexed. All must realize the value of Poole's Index. The plan of "M" would in the end prove a still more valuable aid to many students in their daily work. To those who are doing original work in historical courses, and taking prominent parts in debating societies, this system would soon be invaluable...
...migration of different birds, among them our most familiar visitors. An ornithologist's club here could do a good deal in the way of observation, could gain many interesting facts concerning the fauna of the neigh borhood; and its collections either of nests and eggs, or of skins, would prove a welcome addition to the Agassiz museum. As the time for migration is already here, it seems that if such a club is to be formed; it should be formed at once. Any one who thinks that a club of this nature is feasible and desirable, will confer a great...