Word: proved
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...artistic merit and in the humor of its illustrations. A third competitor has now entered the field in the form of the Princeton Tiger ; and although no judgment can fairly be made from a single number, and that a first issue, it seems likely that the Tiger may prove itself sometime a rival by no means to be despised. Of course every college journal is first and foremost a local journal, and therefore in this respect there can be no rivalry between these three papers ; but on the ground of general merit there must inevitably be a considerable struggle between...
...more frequent sweeping of the dressingroom of the gymnasium would prove acceptable to many...
Another contributor says, "I send you a few jokes which I hope will prove acceptable." They did. The janitor's wife read them and never came near us again...
...several others. The mile run is especially worth the effort, as we have men who seem capable of success in this event if trained and pushed for it. In several other events we shall probably bring out some strong contestants, whose success in any one instance would prove gratifying. '85 is an unknown factor as yet in these calculations, and all look to her with the greatest interest in the coming in-door athletic games this month, and upon the training field when spring opens...
...present rage for photographing everything and every body about college, it may be suggested that a photographic group of the winners in the athletic events at the winter meetings would prove interesting to a large number of men, to whom it would be an acceptable memento of this feature of college life. We find the meeting-room hung with trophies, and photographs of noted athletes, all of which represent out-door events, and victories on land and water. Our winter meetings in the gymnasium are popular and profitable, and often represent a deal of athletic practice and training...