Word: favored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...voting to be a refic of the old feudal system and said that it had been abolished in almost all the European countries and by 37 out of the 44 states of the Union. He cited the opinions of the leading men in both the great political parties in favor of the affirmative and closed by showing that the poll tax as a requirement for voting was opposed to the spirit of our free institutions because the right to vote was the inalienable right of every freeman...
...roll was first called to see how many colleges had such an event in their meetings, and then a vote was taken. There were twelve colleges present and the motion was defeated by a vote of 9 to 3. The two colleges that stood by Harvard in favor of the change were Cornell and Amherst. Yale, Princeton and the others voted against it. In the next motion to allow safeties to race with ordinary bicycles, Harvard gained a few more supporters but not enough to carry the motion. The question of the tug-of-war, like that of the safeties...
LOST.- An over coat, Scotch Plaid. The finder will confer a favor by returning the same to 24 Holyoke House, Cambridge, Mass...
LOST.- A book of notes in History XII marked G. K. Bell, Hastings 53. Finder will confer a favor by leaving it at Leavitt and Peirce...
...similar change to that which some of those who oppose the three year plan here have proposed. It would not have the same effect as the change which the faculty favor, although it would practically mean a three year course. Such a change at Harvard would lower the standard of the degree very materially inasmuch as a man could secure his degree for fourteen courses instead of eighteen as at present. The Harvard faculty proposes no such radical reduction in the requirement for the degree. If it be said that the work done in the professional school does count some...