Word: favored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...true American Sunday, which demands open parks, art museums, and libraries; Nation, IV. 142. p. 425 (Dec. 8, 1892). - (f) Rests entirely upon Puritanical observance, which was - (1) Mistaken: Unity Pulpit, Oct. 28, 189. - (2) Unwarranted and indefensible: Forum, Oct. 1892, p. 196. - (g) The Churches should favor all elevating influences on Sunday: Arena...
...Sunday opening would be against the best interests of the American people. - (a) Demoralizing: Our Day, VIII. 259. - (b) Against the sentiment of a large majority: Our Day, IX, 695; Christian Advocate, Dec., 1891. - (c) Saloon keepers unanimously favor it: Our Day, IX, 697, 698. - (d) Unjust to the workingman. - (1) Takes away their rest day: Our Day, IX, 696. - (2) Against their own desire: Ibid; Crafts, Civil Sabbath, 29, 42; Sabbath for Man, 654, 656; Pamphlet No. 1. - (3) Dangerous to their future rest day: Pamphlet No. 3, p. 2 - (4) Discommodes vastly more workingmen than it accommodates...
...this vote also there can be no more freshman glee club or banjo club concerts. The question arises, is this a loss? Again viewing the matter broadly it would seem there is. There are two arguments in favor of the concerts of the freshman musical clubs. In the first place the proceeds of the public performance have always gore to the support of the class crew, and these proceeds have been very considerable. This support has grown to be a regular feature important and necessary to the crew. The crew has grown to rely upon this financial aid each spring...
...does not hold good in this case. For, while the Sophomore Theatricals may do no good the freshman. Musical Clubs do. This action is decidedly unfair, and if the vote is rigidly enforced it will kill all freshman musical organizations. In view of the two important arguments in their favor a rigorous enforcement of this vote will be decidedly unjust...
...connection with the football season just closed there has been brought into great prominence a practice which, it seems to us, is destined, if not checked in time, to lower the game from its present high position in public favor. We refer to the practice of Yale graduates, who have been drilled as members of our foot-ball team and thus trained in what are conceded to be the best tactics and manoeuvers of the game, going to other colleges and universities and coaching their teams, in most cases for salaries. In this way the game is made more than...