Word: proved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...publish this morning the rules adopted by the Tennis Association in regard to the tenure of courts. They seem to be well considered and will certainly prove a great improvement over the present state of things. The tennis players in college should do all in their power to assist the association in their laudable endeavor...
...temporary it is to be hoped - of Mr. Curtis from stroke's position in the University crew. Without him our crew loses much of its efficiency, as we can not hope to fill his place in the short time before the race. We trust that the injury will not prove so bad as reported, and that Mr. Curtis will be able to resume his place in a short time...
...division of one of Dr. James' courses in Philosophy, so that the first half-year of the course can be taken as a half course is an innovation which will prove acceptable to many students. It is often the case that a man would like to study a certain part of a course when he is unwilling to take the entire year's work in that course. He may feel particularly interested in a subject taken up, while the remaining subjects of the course are useless to him. The extension of this privilege of substituting half-a-year's work...
...close than in the West, and much less individual influence is exerted; but there are those who do exert a strong and thoroughly Christian influence. One of the best of these, it is rumored, Harvard is to lose next year; for her own sake I hope this will not prove true. The "Society of Christian Brethren," founded in 1802, meets weekly. The Harvard Total Abstinence Society has what ought to be considered a very small membership, but it is worth nothing that it exists, and recently had a public meeting at which ex-Governor Long and Rev. E. E. Hale...
...know what P. E. A. is doing on the water. Harvard is willing to send one of her representatives to teach the stroke, and the boat club should improve the opportunity. If once the stroke is learned it can be passed down to succeeding classes and thereby our men prove invaluable to Harvard, and create more enthusiasm here. - [Exonian...