Word: favor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...race Princeton, following the precedent of last year. As in former years the Freshman 390-yard relay team will run against the Yale freshmen. The indications in all three of these races are that the competing teams will be evenly matched, but the odds seem slightly in Harvard's favor in both of the races with Yale...
...that most of the scholars elect the literary and legal training for which Oxford is famous, rather than the scientific courses in which the English University is known to be less efficient. Again, we see that our Rhodes scholars tend decidedly towards the classics, while the German Rhodes scholars favor economics. Also the report says: "the process of selection does not reach the highest types of scholarship in either the (British) colonies, Germany or America." Mr. Rhodes did not intend to obtain primarily the best scholars and it is safe to say that results have proved the wisdom...
...discussion of the merits of the new football rules by two Yale coaches has been sent to the Boston "Transcript". Both favor the changes...
Arthur Howe, former captain of the Yale football team, and E. McDevitt, the Yale guard, probable coaches for next season, are both in favor of the changes in the football rules. Former Captain Howe said today...
...intoxicants on the other hand has decreased: 120 out of the 277 men in the class declare themselves total abstainers; 196 out of the class are church members, also a decrease from last year. A bare majority voted against required Sunday chapel, while an overwhelming majority were in favor of required morning chapel. Phi Beta Kappa was first choice among "college activities," with 144 votes, while the university "Y" was the ambition...