Word: favor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the vote of the Forum, as expressing such opinion, would have an important bearing on the Council's decision next Monday. It is absurd to call last evening's vote an expression of undergraduate opinion. Altogether less than 3 per cent of the College voted in hockey's favor, and excluding those men vitally connected with the game as a University sport, only 1 and 1-2 per cent. In the discussion of other timely and absorbing questions at previous Forums it is true that the number of men attending has been no greater, but that is beside...
...Forum held last evening to consider the advisability of making hockey a major sport, 69 men were present, who voted on the final recommendation--49 in hockey's favor, 20 against it. Ten of the 49 who voted for it were members or managers of this year's University squad. A number of others had played hockey on University or Freshman squads in the past. Giving all the benefit of the doubt to hockey's backers, 35 men, not directly connected with the game voted for its promotion to major-sportdom. At a meeting called for the purpose of securing...
...Should Hockey be Made a Major Sport?" was the question discussed at the University Forum in the Union last evening. At the conclusion of the discussion, those present declared themselves in favor of making the sport a major by the vote...
...major sport. "There is no sport in College for which the undergraduate enthusiasm is so great as in the case of hockey, with the possible exception of football and if the undergraduates as a whole show their enthusiasm this is one of the important arguments in its favor." That the facilities for hockey at present are inadequate is not a fair argument, for when track was made a major sport in 1892 there was much less available equipment than hockey has at present...
...popularity. It is played through a long season and is the only winter sport. Certainly it is strenuous and requires skill and endurance. While it does not attract as much attention and stimulate as much interest as football or the other major sports, the game has been gaining favor rapidly and now receives the support of the entire student body. As an organized sport it is far ahead of the other minor sports in its strenuousness, requirements of skill and endurance, and popularity. Standing out above the other minor sports and possessing all the requisites of a major sports...