Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...before to the college at large to give better support to the H. A. A. in tug-of-war. We now appeal directly to the three members of last year's team who are still connected with the university; and to the men who expressed themselves as "strongly in favor of Harvard's continuing to put a team in the field," in the issues of the CRIMSON of January 17 and 20. These men ought to feel that the chief responsibility comes upon them and that the college looks to them to come forward promptly as candidates...
...state all laws and arguments clearly and with justice to each side without intimation of the author's private opinion. For in stance, in the chapter on Free Trade, the principles are enumerated, after which follows a simple statement of the arguments brought up by the Protectionists in favor of the present tariff system in favor of the present tariff system in the United States. This is followed in turn by as clear and concise a statement of what the Free Traders have to say on their side. The student, however, is left to make up his own mind...
...college as one who takes his natural place, and does his part toward helping on the athletic interest. Any men who have any thought of entering these meetings or who know of other men who have competed in such events before, will do the Athletic association a great favor by handing in their names as soon as possible...
...that the events will be a race each year between the respective university and freshman crews. Bob Cook, who has been in New Haven recently, expressed his satisfaction at the work done by the candidates for both 'varsity and freshman crews. Incidentally he expressed himself as being decidedly in favor of a dual league with Harvard...
...proof that, except in the freshman year, study is not interfered with by athletics." They go even farther than this. They say "Fully alive to the evils which are connected with athletic affairs, the committee are of the opinion that intercollegiate contests stimulate athletics, stimulate general exercise, and thus favorably affect the health and moral tone of the university." With such evidence in favor of intercollegiate contests, it would seem to us exceedingly bad policy to kill them as President Eliot's rules inevitably would. For without minor games outside of the college the university teams could not obtain sufficient...