Word: favor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...informal University hockey team defeated the United States Naval Radio School 7 to 1. For the first five minutes of play the outcome of the game was in doubt, but after this initial uncertainty the superiority of the University players became evident, and the large score in their favor resulted. Individual play characterized the work of both sevens, and it was not until the second period that team-play became effective...
...most impelling reasons for this postponement was that the committee considered the dance would be out of place in view of the present agitation in the University in favor of moving the schedule of classes forward an hour. As the members of the committee favored this scheme, it was felt that any such function would be inconsistent with the fuel-saving plan...
...action of the Dance Committee is particularly relevant to the fuel-saving scheme now before the undergraduates, and is in keeping with this proposition. Should the College declare itself in favor of the plan of moving all academic engagements forward one hour and the Faculty later adopt it, it would be highly out of place for the Junior Class to hold a function which would be contrary to the entire purpose of the plan of economizing electric lights by the use of the natural light of the early morning. The stand taken in regard to the Junior Dance will probably...
...RESOLVED: First, that the Student Council of Harvard University is strongly in favor of changing the time schedule of the University so that all academic engagements will be advanced one hour; second, that the question be submitted to a vote of the student body on Tuesday, January 22nd; and third, that in the event of favorable action by the student body, it be recommended to the Faculty for their consideration and discussion...
...decided by the Council to submit the question to the University both in order to make sure that the student body was in favor of the proposal, and to give the Faculty, on whom the final decision rests, a more representative opinion of the general sentiment. The voting will take place next Tuesday at polls in the Union, the CRIMSON Building and the Freshman dormitories...