Word: favor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...experience shows that putting a premium on scrub baseball is at the expense of the class nines, such procedure can hardly be recommended for the future, but we believe that there is so much in favor of continuing scrub baseball on the basis instituted this year, that any doubt as to its future advisability would be extremely unfortunate. Therefore it is to be hoped that the class teams will be well supported, and that the training which so many men have already taken advantage of, may work good results in raising the standard of play...
...could take an active interest in a Junior Club is not large, and while a successful 1900 Class Club would doubtless prove a valuable addition to Harvard debating, a poorly supported organization in setting but a weak example to a Sophomore Club which would otherwise have everything in its favor, might do much more harm than good...
...close of the debate the Sophomore Debating Club gave a smoker at the Colonial Club to the team and other members of the class interested in debating. The following motion was passed: "Resolved, That the Sophomore Debating Club is in favor of keeping up the debating interest of the class and that a committee of three be appointed to consider how this interest be furthered and report at a meeting of the class to be held at the beginning of the next college year." J. A. Richards, A. L. Becker and R. C. Bolling were appointed on the committee...
...Harvard team defeated the St. Paul's School eleven Saturday afternoon in a close two inning match. The score at the end of the first inning stood 60 to 53 in favor of St. Paul's, but the latter was retired in the second inning for the small score of forty runs. By hard steady hitting Harvard finally pulled out, making a total of 110 runs and six wickets to spare...
Since the formation of the dual league each university has won three of the six meets, but the total points are slightly in favor of Yale. The mile walk has been dropped from the list of events this year. Points are scored as follows: A first place, five points; a second place, two; a third, one. Giving a total...