Word: proving
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...early-season defeat will never cause us to lose hope of victories in the future; in fact a defeat such as the football team sustained on Saturday will undoubtedly prove to be a great factor in victories to come, for it dispells the feeling of over-confidence that is bound to follow a season as glorious as last year's, and it brings us to the realization that a defeat is quite possible--even to a Harvard eleven...
...edification, has steadily risen in favor with educators, civic reformers, artists, and the populace of the United States during the last decade and a half. Yale University, this autumn, is to produce, on a larger scale than any of her rivals have yet attempted, what will very likely prove to be the most imposing academic pageant to date; and this, be it noted, by a conservative institution, only recently awakened to aesthetics' rightful place. Even more significant of the change that has come is the ecclesiastical pageant soon to be shown in the St. Louis Colissum, under the official patronage...
...Committee on Electives, stated that, though heartily in favor of the Military course he was not in favor of anyone's dropping another course in order to take this one. "Although the fact that no additional fee is charged for taking Military Science and Tactics 1 may prove an incentive for electing this course at the expense of some other," said Professor Parker, "I shall not as a rule be disposed to admit anyone under such circumstances...
There are about six positions on the news staff open to the Class of 1919 and it is largely a question of how valuable the candidates prove themselves whether this number will be taken...
...very large squad will be retained throughout the entire season, and there will be practically no cuts. A long schedule is being arranged and every one will be given a chance to prove something...