Word: favor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...current issue of the Lampoon it is difficult to favor one morsel over another. Great credit must be accorded the artist whose creation decorates the cover. One man at present faces the world, and like all those who face the footlights, he must also face the music. In the Lampoon the strains are gentle and pleasing, without "Life's" harshness; yet they have a penetrating power peculiar to their composers, as in the case of his Excellency with one foot on the rail...
...Athletic Committee received last night recommendations from the Graduate Rowing Committee in favor of a New London regatta with Yale on the Thames. Out of courtesy to Yale, however, no definite announcement will be made until the representatives of the two colleges meet. Coach Haines was chosen to have full charge of rowing and it was recommended that many preliminary races be held on the Charles...
Coach Haines declared himself heartily in favor of any system which would bring every man into active participation in the sport. He is enthusiastic for dormitory crews, declaring that every dormitory should have its crew as well as every man his sport. He is, however, opposed to the abolition of intercollegiate activities...
...thirteenth annual conference of the National College Athletic Association held at the Hotel Astor in New York last Friday discussion centered on the subject of professional coaches and the training table. General opinion seemed to be in favor of the extension of athletic training in the colleges, but that the expenses of the former elaborate activities could be greatly minimized...
Speaking on the relation of the student body to the war Vice-President Marshall said: "My views are quite clear upon this subject. I was heartily in favor of Conscription, in order to enable the Government to select those persons who could best be spared from civil life and who could best discharge military duty. I still believe in the principle...