Word: proved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Even if the announcement shall only prove premature, the position of the faculty is made an unpleasant one. It is much less easy to come to a decision in the face of a storm of hostile criticism; and the rumor that the fate of prescribed classics hangs in the balance at Harvard, is likely to raise such a storm. The wish to be first in collecting a piece of news is a legitimate desire for a newspaper reporter. He abuses the power, however, which his position gives him when he prints his news on insufficient information in a great city...
...than if he scorns to reconnoitre and scales the high banking. No doubt an entrance by the latter way lends chivalry to the undertaking, in the eyes of the young ladies; but alas, the days of chivalry are past with the powers that be, and a chivalrous entrance will prove of no avail...
...suggestion has been made that the Canoe Club should awake from its winter's sleep and go into ice yachting. Fresh Pond affords ample room for this sport, and a regatta upon it would prove an exciting event...
...esteemed contemporary, the Advocate, has been indulging in a little prophesying on its own account, and the result has been rather startling in its nature. Among the many happenings which this much-gifted prophet foretells for us, one at least we modestly assert will prove incorrect. Others, it is very probable, may be no more correct than this, but of those we do not speak, we lay no claims to the mysterious art of the seer...
...college. All the apparatus is in use, and not only by the men who are training for positions on our various teams, but also by the students whose only object is to obtain more private exercise. When the Hemenway Gymnasium was first built, it was thought that it would prove sufficient for the needs of the college for many years. If, however, the athletic interest continues to increase in its present ration, new accommodations will be needed in the near future...