Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Negro. He is the third of a series of Hamilton Fishes who sprang from Nicholas Fish, a lieutenant-colonel in Washington's army. The first Hamilton Fish was Secre tary of State in Grant's Cabinet. Committeeman Howard's Hamilton Fish has yet to prove himself as sterling a statesman as his grandfather or as his father, who was speaker of the New York Assembly (1895-96) and a Congressman before his son (1909-11). But Committeeman Howard's Hamilton Fish commanded Negro troops in the War. He likes Negroes and they like him. "His nomination...
...course editors will frequently not accept this advice. That must be expected. Sometimes I am afraid events will prove that they are right in not accepting it, that they are wiser than the adviser. In any case, they should be free to accept or reject it as they choose with the understanding that they accept full responsibility for the outcome...
...just opened with a scriptural adjuration. "Beauty," he said to them, "is not an empty form. It has its content both of thought and feeling. It is an attribute of God himself . . . We believe that this chapel will fulfill another function than that of corporate worship, that it will prove to be for many a house of refuge in time of trouble and distress...
...abrupt transition for the immature or ill prepared student, and the lack of inspiration and of insight into his future work offered the more advanced student. While neither of these problems can be entirely solved on the college side alone, certain measures with regard to Freshman work might prove helpful in both...
...limitations of the Cornell plan may prove depriving where full success, measured in terms of potentiality, may be only half-success. It will be very much at the mercy of different instructors in the matters of attendance, reading, theses, and the like. In this respect it contrasts with the Reading Period, which insures a certain regular treatment of the interval by all courses that are not either elementary in nature or primarily for Freshmen. The Cornell lecturer can require attendance throughout the period, or he can place his faith where Harvard has, in assigned reading and study emancipated...