Word: proving
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Cutts' field of activity is well known and the meeting should prove interesting to all members of the University, especially to this year's graduating class...
...undergraduate body expressed his gratitude to the men who had made the new building possible. The undergraduates appreciate it and realize what the club will mean. It will give the men an opportunity to know and to help one another. It is an experiment, but it should prove a great success. Captain Fisher said that he was glad that there would be a permanent monument to Burr, since he was one of the finest men who ever graduated from the University...
...negative side for the Princeton freshmen was opened as follows: the initiative and referendum will not prove effective remedies of the evils in our government. They fail to reach the evils because while the faults of our government are largely within the legislature, the suggested reforms contemplate a remedy which operates outside of the legislature. Then, too, they will introduce new evils in our government. They accomplish this by stripping the legislature of responsibility and authority, and make the representative no longer a man of brains and conscience...
...will eclipse itself at the full of the moon on Mayday by holding a great Barbecue in the Stadium. Never within the memory of the oldest goody has a Barbecue been seen at Harvard (Terry himself asked what a Barbecue was) and it is expected that the occasion will prove a Lone Star as it were on the Page of History. Roasted steers and loaves of bread will form the solid attractions...
...term should be allowed to leave a day or two earlier at vacation without being put on probation. There are a great many cases where excusing one such cut would allow the student a whole extra day of vacation. This scheme is worth trying, at least, and will undoubtedly prove the wisdom of putting a certain premium on strict attendance to college duties...