Word: proven
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...important step in the right direction. It is the best possible means of stimulating a general interest in debate, and developing the capability for it. In the present case, to ensure the success of the first meeting between the two clubs, many of the men are debaters of proven ability. It is to be hoped, however, that such meetings will be repeated in the future for the benefit of less experienced men. They would thus exert a strong influence in spreading the practice of debate and bringing it to the high position in college life which it deserves...
...Prince Ananias," the new opera by Victor Herbert and Francis Neilson, has proven one of such pronounced success that of course the major portion of the Boston engagement will be devoted to it. It treats in a bright, tuneful, and comical way with the adventures of a vagabond poet, an outlaw, a king who has never smiled in the whole course of his life, and a band of strolling players...
...meeting of the Wendell Phillips Club last night, it was decided to hold another competitive debate Friday, November 9. The subject will be "Resolved, That universal male suffrage is absurd in theory and has proven a failure in practice." The principal disputants will be F. C. Thwaits L. S. and W. E. Hutton...
...indoor baseball cage possessed by any of the colleges. No pains have been spared to make it the best of its kind, and all the successful features of the cages here and at Yale and Princeton have been combined in the plans. Both the Yale and Princeton cages have proven partial failures on account of their size, but the Pennsylvania cage will be larger than them...
...university. Mr. Bolles' letter throws new light on the matter and clears up some of the objections which have been brougtht forward. But the main point as to whether a table d'hote and a la carte system can be worked together successfully, is not, we think, proven by the citation of gentlemen's clubs. there the scale of prices necessary to cover expenses, higher that could be introduced here advantage. It is a question if at the rates a man could live anywhere near the Memorial standard for four doars a week. However we need not concern ourselves with...