Word: proving
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...statistics to show to just what extent, and in just what way, the scholarly interests of the University have been impaired by intercollegiate athletics. It may then be possible to justify the Athletic Committee in the eyes of the Faculty in rejecting the proposition now under consideration, and to prove that curtailment will not have the desired effect of raising the standard of scholarship. The various abuses of scholarly interests can then be taken up, and the actual results upon them of athletic curtailment considered point by point...
...supplement intercollegiate athletics, and lastly the rising undergraduate sentiment against the abuse of athletic privileges. We therefore believe that any athletic reductions are at present unwise and uncalled for, and that in the long run the Committee, with the able assistance of Mr. Garcelon, can eliminate existing evils, and prove conclusively and to the satisfaction of all that the good to be derived from intercollegiate athletics over-whelmingly outweighs the evil...
...vote will be taken at Memorial Hall this evening during the dinner hour to determine whether the Harvard Dining Association shall retain the new system or revert to the old. The last report of the Dining Association seems to prove conclusively the success of the present plan, since the average board is about 40 cents lower than at a corresponding period of last year, and the enrolled membership 251 greater than at the first of March, when the new scheme was adopted...
...Tres Ramillets," a modern Spanish comedy by Breton de los Herreros, was the first play given by the Spanish club two years ago. The plot, laid in Madrid, is based on the amusing complications which follow Don Narciso's boast of his popularity with the ladies. To prove this, Narciso arranges with Juana, a flower girl, to bring three bouquets, from Rosa, Violante, and Jacinta, respectively. Ramon, suspecting that all is net right, after the three bouquets have appeared, sends notes by Juana, while Narciso is out of the room, urging three of his friends in the neighborhood to come...
...Harvard Dramatic Club, however, will not only prove an opportunity for ability in acting, but in writing as well. It is the plan to devote at least half the year to the production of plays written by the undergraduates themselves. It is needless to dilate upon the splendid chance this offers to those interested in dramatic composition. It is hoped that Professor Baker's course in "The Technique of the Drama," to be given next year, will supply a large share of this material...