Word: favor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...locker keys at once to the janitor at the University Boat House or at the office of the Athletic Association. Every locker at the University House will be needed from now until the Weld House opens up, and men who are not now using their lockers would confer a favor upon the management if they would turn in their keys until such time as they will themselves need them...
...only seventy feet wide instead of eighty as was originally planned. This will greatly reduce the cost of the Parkway without making the driveway too narrow. As the petitioners have expressed their approval of the change it is probable that the final decision of the Board will be in favor of the petition. After the Board of Survey have acted finally on the petition it will be submitted to the consideration of the Cambridge Council...
...number of public schools to prepare pupils for admission, masters of the schools which have sent candidates, have been invited to conferences held in 1897 and 1901. The masters agreed in 1897 that the increase in requirements would be beneficial; and at the conference in 1901 were still in favor of a gradual increase. To meet the difficulty of insufficient equipment which many high schools encounter in preparing pupils in certain branches of science, the Lawrence Scientific School has been trying an interesting experiment with "specials." Admission to the class of specials is restricted to those who wish to engage...
...bill passes, the site on Massachusetts avenue, directly opposite Beck Hall, where the College Inn now stands, will be a very desirable locality for the erection of the hotel; and the Wesselhoeft grounds on Harvard street, where it was proposed to build, will be given up in favor of it. No definite steps will be taken, however, toward building on either site until the petition has been determined. It has been decided to organize a stock company, which shall have sole power over the erection and control of the building. This company will have a capital stock of at least...
...meet several of Harvard's arguments, while the chief strength of the Harvard team lay in effective refutation. The Harvard debaters were too much confined to notes, but their delivery was superior to that of the Brown team. The decision of the judges was two to one in favor of Harvard...