Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...even boys, and is shared by them, and taken to excess, with a sort of illicit eagerness, by many who in the days of freedom passed it by. It may even be said that some are drinking to a hurtful extent for no better reason than to "prove that they can get it." Drinking is common at dancing parties where in pre-amendment days it was never thought of. It is offered by boys, in dark corners, to other boys. A larger proportion of hard liquor is in circulation than ever before. Though saloons are no longer open, the enforcement...
...question arises whether the condition can be corrected with new legislation. Is this the real crisis of the amendment, or is it merely an unavoidable halting point in the adjustment of the law to the situation? Does the illicit sale and wide-spread use of spirits prove that national prohibition is something which the people will not have, and that it will be necessary to repeal the amendment? There are many who think so, but in view of the way in which prohibition swept the country, with an almost unanimous ratification by the States, it should be evident that...
Other 1924 men who may prove valuable are L. K. Campbell, A. L. Coburn and J. C. White
...back it. What this means is obvious enough to all of us:--we are facing odds. With confidence in the ability of our teams and our crew, we are unanimous in wanting this to be another Harvard day. This is our ambition and there will be undergraduate support to prove...
...Crimson Scrubs also have a clever nine, and the game ought to prove a close one. J. M. A. Blair '23 will be on the mound for the Seconds, and the rest of the line-up will be as follows...