Word: favored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Behind the bat, Williams, Trenchard and Titus are the candidates, with the odds in favor of Williams; but should Trenchard's arm, which was injured two years ago, grow stronger, it will be a nip and tuck race. Both men are in poor form and show a woful lack of snap; they need to bestir themselves in order to compare favorably with the other college catchers. In the pitching department there is a wealth of material. Bradley, providing his arm holds out, will do most of the pitching in the championship games. Altman will be called in should Bradley...
...HAVEN, CONN., May 1. - The second Yale Princeton debate took place tonight in the Hyperion. The decision of the judges was in favor of Princeton. The debate was attended by a good-sized and enthusiastic audience. The presiding officer of the evening was Judge Henry E. Howland of New York. After a brief introduction Judge Howland announced the question as "Resolved, that the income tax law of 1894 was, under the circumstances, justifiable," and declared that the addresses would be confined to the ethical, not the constitutional side, Princeton taking the affirmative and Yale the negative...
...done well for the sake of the name, if for no other reason. In the case of lacrosse, however, there is much in the game itself which entitles it to a prosperous continuance. It has all the characteristics which are necessary to make an athletic sport stay permanently in favor; it offers an opportunity for vigorous exercise to a class of men who without it would find no very satisfactory way of employing their energies. It is unfortunate that the game was ever allowed to drop out of the list of Harvard sports, and the men who are now doing...
...Resolved, that the modern ethical drama has a bad effect on public morals." R. H. E. Starr '96 and H. G. Gray '97 spoke for the affirmative, R. B. Sprague '97 and F. D. Pollak '96 on the negative. The vote on the merits of the debate resulted in favor of the negative. The next meeting of the club will be especially for freshmen who wish to compete for membership. There will be one more meeting after that for the election of officers...
...Yale Prohibition Club was held last night in Sever 11. M. B. Richards L. S., J. A. Fairlie '95, W. W. Fisher '95, and B. C. Auten '97, spoke. The judges, Rev. A. A. Miner, D. D., Mr. C. A. Adams, and Mr. L. J. Johnson, decided in favor of W. W. Fisher and M. B. Richards. The contest with Yale will be held next week on a day to be announced later...