Word: favored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Everything is uncertain, and the chances of victory are very slight. It is a struggle against great odds, and is recognized to be such both here and by the general public. No opportunity could be more favorable for Harvard to show how courageous a spirit she can exhibit on occasion. It is not enough that Harvard should do well with the odds in her favor; but, rather, the heavier the odds against her, the greater ought to be her efforts. There is a feeling among outsiders that Harvard is lacking in grit to rise to great emergencies. An ill-founded...
...Cambridge crews are now hard at work training for their annual race which takes place March 17. The average weight of the Oxford crew is 170 lbs., and that of the Cambridge crew 163 lbs. Cambridge is rowing in better shape and the odds are at present in her favor...
...authorities would have to setting aside the regulation in regard to Sanders would probably be on the matter of precedent. It could, however, be clearly stated by them that the permission was not to be regarded as the forerunner of other similar permissions, but was emphatically a special favor under special circumstances. Certainly, if ever a special favor were to be granted, there would then be occasion for it. Not only ought great consideration to be shown to Mr. Irving, but an address by him to the students would fully compensate for a fraction of time taken from regular college...
...would regard all the recommendations with hostility. Such action would result in much loss. There are valuable suggestions in what the President has to say, and these ought to be given full consideration. Not only does he put himself in line with the best thought of the time by favoring revised rules in football, but he brings forward two recommendations which have not already established themselves in popular favor but which we think are, in a revised form perhaps, likely...
...annual report of President Eliot contains some suggestions on the matter of athletics. This report has not yet been given to the public, but yesterday morning Dean Briggs read to some of the sections in English A selections from the part touching athletics. The president expresses himself in favor of college athletics, but believes that they are in need of considerable reform. He suggests that no contests between athletic teams from colleges should be held away from college grounds. He thinks that members of all the classes should not be equally eligible to take part in public contests, but that...