Word: favorably
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...baseball team will play Lowell High School at Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Lowell has played consistently, and today's contest should be close, with the odds in favor of the Freshmen. Either Cummings or Garritt will pitch...
...debate between the Freshman negative and Princeton affirmative teams in the New Lecture Hall resulted in a unanimous decision in favor of Harvard. The negative excelled both in the strength of their arguments and in the manner of presentation. In addition, with the exception of W. S. McKay, the Yale freshmen were weak in the rebuttal, failing to refute the statistics and arguments of their opponents in any degree...
...Barnes's article on "Organ Music and Organ Playing" presents in a readable manner some interesting biographical and historical observations. The tone of the article, however, is a bit partisan in favor of the organ and even somewhat dogmatic...
...whereas only 26 nations took part in the first Conference, the entire world was represented at the second, and the progress in legislation is well evidenced by the fact that the early reluctance of nations to enter into any binding treaties, was later changed to universal announcements in favor of compulsory arbitration. Interest has been stimulated in the countries themselves, for hundreds of peace societies, international magazines and cosmopolitan clubs have sprung up, and the spirit of international diffusion has even been carried to the wide exchange of university professors...
...purchase of these books consideration has been given to the character and scope of the books chosen, those of a technical or special nature having been avoided along with the lighter fiction of the day in favor of those of more general and universal interest. It was felt that the former two types would be of little value to the Union, especially as the first is well provided in the college libraries. It has been the policy of the Committee to consult the opinion of members, so that all suggestions may be given consideration...