Word: proving
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been steward heretofore, resigned at the end of his term, and the corporation has appointed Mr. C. B. Fogler to succeed him. Mr. Fogler was formerly assistant steward of the Adams House and has had a wide experience in catering on a large scale, so that he should prove very satisfactory...
...newly-issued Elective Pamphlet for 1897-98 brings to light a radical change in a very popular course, which must prove disappointing to a number of the present Junior class. The course hitherto known as Philosophy I will next year be given in two sections-Philosophy 1a (Logic and Psychology), and Philosophy 1b (History of Philosophy). The statement in the pamphlet reads: "Either of these courses may be counted as one full course by any student not a Senior; but a Senior may count either of them as one-half course only...
This restriction seems to me very hard upon those '98 men who have been intending to take up the study of Philosophy next year. I know of many men who have purposely reserved Philosophy for their Senior year, under the impression that it would prove more attractive and advantageous after the completion of other courses in History, Government and Literature. Are such men, who must be surprised by this new regulation, to be disappointed in their hopes of studying Philosophy and Psychology, two of the most interesting and important subjects in the whole range of our electives? The time...
...vein than usual. Of the four main articles, only one-"A Horse Race at Hot Sulphur," by Hal Sayre, Jr., '98-is of Western life, and this without any slaughter whatever. "On Being at Home in the World," an essay by R. P. Utter '98, is an attempt to prove "that the world is a better place to be at home in than a house of four walls...
...Yale men tried to cover too much ground and failed to prove their case as they had outlined it. After a short conference the judges decided unanimously in favor of Princeton...