Word: proving
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Unfortunately, comparisons of the records this year and last year are not as easy as they might be nor do they prove altogether satisfactory. Different situations existed in various ways in the two years; there was one more course held last year than this at that hour, the courses were not necessarily of the same size and so on, so that even making allowances for such differences will not give an accurate basis for final comparison. The figures show, however, that 79 men cut on the day of the Carlisle game and 110 on the day of the Dartmouth game...
...congratulated upon the election of Captain Fish, for by his ability as a field captain he has already won the confidence of the University. He has an opportunity before him to continue the successes of this year, and there is every reason to expect that he will prove a worth successor to Captain Burr...
...things. It can select from the large array of songs submitted six or eight of the best and try them out hurriedly at the mass meetings, or it can pick out one or two songs from the compositions contributed which it feels tolerably certain will prove satisfactory, and turn them over to the mass meeting to be learned thoroughly. This year's Committee has adopted the latter course. The circumstances this year practically necessitated this action. It was the Committee's opinion that of the forty songs submitted the great majority were not singable at all, while a few showed...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences as well as a reception to the first group of scholars. This is, we believe, the first systematic attempt of the Boston graduates to come in personal contact with members of the Faculty at a function of this sort and it will prove beneficial to all concerned...
This afternoon's racing should prove interesting, as upon it will depend largely the selection of the four crews to row in the straight-away race in the basin tomorrow. This race will take place at 4 o'clock and will be rowed downstream over the one and one-half mile course. The crews are being carefully watched by Coach Wray and Captain Severance, in whose hands the selection will rest. At, present, Mount Auburn Street, Claverly, Second Mount Auburn Street, and Weld seem the most likely selections...