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Word: favorableness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although full details of the new system have not yet been worked out, applications from students who look with favor on the plan will be received at the office of the Graduate Secretary of the Union. It is understood that a minimum of 17 meals a week will be required in order to take advantage of the $2 a week discount. Under such an arrangement the cost of board would average slightly over $11 a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union First to Move in Attempt to Solve Present Food Question | 11/5/1926 | See Source »

...House should not let a breath of the affair get outside. It is quite a pity that with all the strength on his side, as shown by the House's vote against Salter, the Premier could not have shown more spirit in the matter either by declaring himself in favor of a cleaner Commons or of a strict laisser-faire policy in regard to the personal rights of the Members of Parliament. Instead, he merely decried the fact that news of the existing exhilaration of various members should soil the name of the House, thereby giving one reason to wonder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A HOUSE AFLOAT | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

...long continued agitation in favor of a University boxing team has recently given rise to a petition signed by 80 undergraduates, urging the adoption of the sport. This petition has been handed in to the newly formed Undergraduates Athletic Council for consideration. It is believed that the H. A. A. regards the pugilistic plea with a favorable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FISTIC FANS WANT BOXING TO BE RECOGNIZED AS MINOR SPORT | 10/27/1926 | See Source »

College Chapel. To test the present trend regarding compulsory religious education in U. S. colleges, the National Student Federation of America sent questionnaires to 315 college presidents and heard from practically every one. The vote: in favor of compulsory Sunday chapel attendance, 136, against 176; in favor of compulsory daily chapel, 220, against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Trends Oct. 25, 1926 | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

...view of such practices entering into the primary campaigns. It is in evitable that there should be a great deal of interest, and some agitation in favor of abolishing the direct primary altogether. The difficulty arises in finding a substitute, since the caucus seems to be equally bad if not worse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

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