Word: proving
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Before deciding on a definite plan for the selection of assistant managers for University teams, one question must be settled--should an assistant manager be chosen on the basis of competition? As every man in a class should have an equal chance to prove his ability, and as allowing a manager to pick his successor from among his immediate friends is manifestly unfair, competition appears at once the only method to be used...
Here's success to all our representatives! May the best teams win, and may Harvard prove herself the best...
...games, and there must be no more cause for the well-founded objections to "vacations of recuperation." The maintenance of athletics is, we trust, by the wording of the petition, about to pass into the students' hands. If they want their games, they must stick to their promise and prove...
...fall and more especially to develop men of kicking ability, five cups have been offered for proficiency in kicking. The cups are offered for long distance punting, onside kicking, drop kicking, long distance and short distance place kicking, and will be awarded on October 15, to the men who prove themselves continually from now until that date to be the best men. The contest is extended through this time in order that it may be perfectly fair, and that every man may have an even chance and not lose...
...Tres Ramilletes," a modern Spanish comedy by Breton de lcs Herseros, deals with the amusing complications which follow Don Narciso's Ecast of his popularity with the ladies. He concocts a scheme to prove his popularity, but the plot is discovered by his friends and the joke is turned on him. In "El Cochero y M. Corneta," the author, Ramon de la Cruy, treats the adventures of Nicodemus, a coachman who is discharge by his master for careless driving...