Word: favor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...therefore evident what an inconvenience may be caused by even the failure of a single man to keep his appointment. A man should not only consider himself conferring a special favor upon the members of the committee and upon those connected with the portfolio, but should also consider himself bound out of duty to the class to keep his appoinment in order to faciliate the production of the class book, a publication for the class and by the class...
...Yard, this is probably the last thing it is likely to be according to the general verdict. Would there not therefore, to put it mildly, seem to be sufficient cause for a reconsideration of the site, or at the very least, for a publication of the arguments in its favor...
...Harvard; Oliver Sheras, of Cornell, G. T. Kirby, of Columbia; and Murdock Kendrick, of the University of Pennsylvania. During the past three months these men have been at work on the constitution, and have conferred with the prominent athletic authorities of the country, the majority of whom favor the proposed changes...
Whatever the reasons in favor of these locations, the objections to them are of much weight. In the first instance, that of the Brooks House, one of the prettiest and most complete corners of the College ground is to be invaded, and even if the new building does not fail to harmonize with the old ones, it seems sure to overcrowd the space. As for Randall Hall, it would probably be much more useful, if placed nearer the square. It is of course, exceedingly difficult to pick out a position which would be satisfactory in every way, but it will...
...movement toward the correction of athletic evils. The most ardent partisan of intercollegiate sport is forced to admit that under present conditions, abuses do exist, and that they are abuses very difficult to eradicate. The intensity of public interest, and the resulting fierceness of competition form an influence in favor of excess which is almost irresistible...