Word: proved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...said that 63 per cent. of the college graduates in Ontario have their degrees from denominational institutions. This is significant, because it seems to prove, that in this instance the attempt of the state to control higher education has failed...
...city. Although some cases of sickness may have had their origin elsewhere, as has been claimed, there are undoubtedly several which cannot be attributed to anything but the unhealthy surroundings of the students at New Haven. Besides those reported in the newspapers, several have come to our knowledge, which prove this fact...
This institution, which is situated in the same town as Amherst College, is known as the Agricultural college. President Greenough, indorsed by the menders of the faculty has inaugurated a new system of study which ought to prove of great benefit to a large class of young men and have an important bearing on the higher education of the times. In addition to the previous instruction in farming and hortieulture, he proposes to furnish a full four years course in the natural sciences, modern languages and literature, together with philosophy, economy and history. As our ordinary colleges are the supplements...
...recess. So much has already been said on the subject of the length of our vacation at Christmas that it seems quite unnecessary to again express our regret that we are only allowed a recess of ten days. However, we trust that the vacation, although so short, may prove a pleasant one to all, and wish our readers a "Merry Christmas" and a "Happy New Year...
...second ten who played on the eleven, and together with those who were rowing on it before, show unusually fine material for a second crew. All that is needed is regularity in training and by strictly attending to the careful coaching they receive the crew ought to prove unusually strong by the time of the class races, and we hope will repeat the record of '86 on the Thames...