Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...principal fact upon which Professor Kohler dwelt was the new view of psychology which his research has given him. "In the field of animal psychology," he declared, "altogether too much emphasis is laid on the subjective side of the work. The experimenter too often tries to prove the inferiority of brute intelligence. What science wants is an objective estimate of the standards of animal intelligence...
...ideal of citizenship, and by pinning these ideals on some young Chicagoan, give them a humman interest and a currency which they would not have otherwise. In confining the contest to boys between fourteen and eighteen years the Federation runs the risk, of course, of selecting one who will prove a hopeless failure, since his later training is subject to human caprice, but it will succeed in formulating a definite creed of citizenship...
Those who will play at Pinehurst are Alexander Shaw '28, W. H. White '28, F. D. Stranahan '26, and R. A. Pinkerton '27. The vacation practice is expected to Prove of value to the team in preparation for the approaching intercollegiates, in which the Crimson poloists will face Yale and other leading colleges...
...underworld is full. Hammer, hammer, hammer on that! Besides, our readers like a sensational murder trial now and then, reported ably and with just a trifle less color than the yellow press lays on. We serve the public what it wants in a way we think we can prove is good for it." ¶(Papers of The New York Times type): "Ah yes, isn't it unfortunate! But we are forced to compete with papers like The World and, besides, it is our policy to be encyclopedic. Almost any news is fit to print if treated in the proper...
...prepared to absorb that more intangible spirit which is the essence of Harvard, but which can never be set down in black and white. He would moreover, feel less of a foundling and make fewer of those mistakes which mar college careers. To parents, too such a book would prove invaluable in acquainting them with the present problems their sours have to face...