Word: favored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...opinion has won. In case the judges agree, the master of ceremonies shall announce the name of the winner; but in cases where the judges disagree, the master of ceremonies shall inform the referee, who shall thereupon himself decide. There must be a decision in all cases in favor of one or the other of the competitors...
...vote was then taken upon the merits of the debate which resulted in favor of the negative. After this the debate was thrown open to the house...
...education of man for humanity by the method of nature is the one great principle of Comenius. He was also in favor of the equal education of both sexes, the improvement and enrichment of the curriculum by elevating the mother tongue to the first place and the education of everybody. Even at that early date, we find manual training being advocated. Men should be educated, said Comenius, so that when they enter the world they should not be mere observers but participants...
...each of whom is to play with the nine men not of his own college. The team making the highest score will receive silver medals and the challenge cup that year. Several designs for the cup were submitted to the chess clubs of the four colleges. All were in favor of the one presented by Tiffany, and the cup is now being made. It will cost four hundred dollars, one hundred of which was subscribed by Mr. Caswell a graduate of Yale, and the rest was collected from the graduates of the other colleges. The cup is to be contested...
...rather at a loss to understand Yale's stand in regard to the tug-of-war, especially as she voted for its abolition last year, and as the sentiment of the college, judging from editorial expression in the Yale News not three weeks ago was until recently in favor of abolishing the event...