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Word: proper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...conclusion, Mr. Mansfield admitted that the proper method of taxation had not yet been reached but reaffirmed that most of the criticisms of the means employed to effect taxation were entirely false...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONDITIONS IN CONGO STATE | 12/15/1909 | See Source »

...such an attitude you are losing in a large measure that which is finest and best in our colleges. This relation of teacher and pupil in the colleges in not what it ought to be. We all appreciate it, and are trying our best to put it one the proper footing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRES. GARFIELD'S ADDRESS | 12/10/1909 | See Source »

...obvious that the profession of dentistry in its improved state requires an elaborate educational preparation, a preparation which must provide opportunity to acquire a large amount of varied knowledge, and a high degree of ocular and manual skill. Therefore a dental school is a proper part of a university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DENTAL SCHOOL DEDICATION | 12/9/1909 | See Source »

...lecture last night on "The Civic Functions of the Theatre," Mr. Percy MacKaye '97 maintained that a civic ideal for the theatre existed, but that it had at present no important influence on account of the lack of the proper means to realize it. This means is endowment, without which no public institution can exist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Solutions of Theatrical Questions | 12/9/1909 | See Source »

...oscillation of wings, involve almost insoluble questions of stability. No progress was made in aeroplanes until Langley showed that the estimation of power necessary to lift a given weight was erroneous. Maxim took up the Work of Langley and contrived to lift 8,000 pounds by the proper balancing of horizontal planes. Lielienthal, a German scientist, attacked the problem of stability which had hitherto impeded any practical progress in mechanical aviation. Mr. Merrill then showed stereopticon views of the gliders invented by Lielienthal and explained the two varieties of stability against which the aeronaut has to contend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Principles of Aeroplanes Explained | 11/30/1909 | See Source »

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