Word: favor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...season this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Soldiers Field with Haverhill High School. As the Seniors in their first game defeated Milton Academy 6 to 0, and a few days before Haverhill was beaten by the Mechanic Arts 5 to 0, the chances seem slightly to favor the Seniors...
...Pearson '11 defeated D. V. Leland '10, 6-2, 6-4; W. M. whiting, Jr., '11 defeated F. S. Blanchard '10, 6-4, 6-4; H. Nickerson '11 and T. B. Townsend '10 stopped with the score 8-6 in Nickerson's favor; G. P. Gardner '10 and A. Sweetser '11 stopped with the score eight...
After all is said, the success of this custom depends entirely upon the attitude which the class assumes toward it. It has been tried for two years, and we do not believe that it has met with phenomenal success. Since the present Senior class has declared itself in favor of continuing the custom, it must be because a large number feel that its possibilities have not been fully developed. If such is the case, the class of 1908 should enter very generally into the spirit of the thing, and give future classes good grounds either for adopting or rejecting class...
...graduates and undergraduates of the University, in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Harvard, will be held in Memorial Hall. A vote was taken on the proposition last night at the Hall, which showed that an overwhelming majority of the members were in favor...
Another point in favor of such a scheme would be the opportunity offered to old football players in the professional schools, who are ineligible for the University team, and who indeed should not be expected to spare the time necessary to play through the season. By joining a graduate squad for a few days of practice they would have a welcome change from their work without sacrificing more time than they could well afford. The social side of football has often been a minor consideration, and any move which tends to bring this side to the fore...