Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Board's statistics prove that only two out of every hundred people do any thinking at all. If this be so--and attention to newspapers and street-car conversations would seem to prove it--the proposed school would not be entirely useless, provided the other ninety-eight people were worth bothering about and could be reached. The Board is also alarmed because most of the murders and hold-ups have been committed by young men, as if the initiative of youth, even when misdirected, were something reprehensible...
When The London Times states a fact, a fact it is, with very few exceptions. Should The Times ever prove irresponsible, it would, after years of utmost solicitude, utterly disconcert the digestion of a vast Commonwealth. Likewise the editor of The Times. His position is well nigh that of a state official. His most private statement, his most guarded whisper, will, if overheard, be received with attention, credence, close scrutiny. Editors of The Times are therefore tight-lipped gentlemen, seldom heard from outside their own columns. But after they relinquish their duties...
...says Mr. Ernest Newman, distinguished music critic of the London Sunday Times, now visiting New York. Contrasted with the compositions of Bach, Beethoven, and Wagner, Mr. Newman says those of the French musicians, Bizet, Debussy, and Ravel, are "thin" and "lightweight". Music, then has weight? Modern developments in music prove that Orpheus was an amateur, and that Mozart and Chopin had the merest smattering of musical structure...
...Edward L. Bigelow '21, who captained the University team in his senior year, declared that the reason the team is being called out so early this year is because he desires to make a special point of testing every candidate thoroughly and giving every man a fair chance to prove himself...
...been reported as a result of Saturday's encounter, with the possible exception of Spalding and Gamache. The former twisted his knee and was on crutches yesterday, but he is not expected to be out of the Yale game. The latter has a leg injury that will probably not prove serious...