Word: favor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gymnasium is practically assured. As soon as the undergraduates have shown that they are earnestly in favor of the project a committee will be appointed to carry on the campaign among the graduates. That substantial contributions can be expected from them is shown by the fact that H. Fish, Jr., '10 has already made a voluntary pledge...
...week beginning with the first Monday in April as the regular Easter vacation. If the change is made, it will not go into effect before the spring of 1915. The motion to allow any except the Senior class to have a class button was defeated. The movement in favor of such a button was started by the Sophomore class some time ago but it is thought that the custom should remain a distinct Senior tradition. An amendment to have the Freshman president a member of the Nominating Committee of the Student Council was passed...
...given by Mr. William E. Walling in Emerson D this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. His subject will be "Progressivism and After," the title of a book which he is to publish shortly. In his work and lectures on this subject, Mr. Walling draws up his argument in favor of more radical measures than those advocated by the Progressives and shows the necessity of instituting a movement that will forge ahead toward the aim of Socialism with more efficiency and speed than the present methods...
...greater number of points than all but one other Eastern aggregation, has thereby worked up a reputation for being a great scoring machine. The contrast with Yale is striking, the totals in her case being: Yale, 121; opponents, 19. Further statistical examination is even more in Harvard's favor, Yale having been held to tie scores three times,--twice by elevens of very minor importance--and has met one decisive 16 to 6 defeat, at the hands of Colgate. Equally striking, however, has been Yale's rapid late season progress, terminating in her 3 to 3 score against Princeton...
...Rugby rules, and it was a result of this feeling that the Harvard-Yale series was begun in 1875. A contemporary Harvard publication in speaking of the game says: "Football will be a popular game here in the future. The Rugby game is in much better favor than the somewhat sleepy game now played by our men." In this match Harvard experienced considerable difficulty with the spherical shaped ball which they were unaccustomed to, but in spite of this embarrassment, combined with McGill's experience Harvard managed to hold the Canadians gainless by superior tackling and general defensive work...