Word: favors
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...their opponents maintain that, so far from effecting this, all that Englishmen have attained in the way of scholarship has been acquired in spite of the training they receive. Besides, they say, English scholarship, even if allowed to be due to these systems, furnishes a very weak argument in favor of their maintenance; as all that England does to increase the world's knowledge is but a drop in the bucket when compared with the achievements of the scholars of Germany, where, at the universities at least, competitive examinations and rich fellowships are entirely unknown. It is asserted that...
...subscribers, both in College and out, who have not yet paid their subscriptions to Volume III., would do us a great favor by paying the same at Richardson's, or to one of the editors, without further solicitation. The near approach of the annuals warns us to have our earthly affairs in order...
...earned first, Harry retired at first, George made a good hit bringing in Schafer, but Barnes popped one up, which was evidently considered a sure thing by George, as he reclined half-way between first and second, and awaited the result. The score now stood 6 to 4 in favor of the Harvards; but in the third innings, after Tyng had reached first on a safe liner, the three next strikers were retired in rapid succession; while the Bostons made two runs, owing to an error of Leeds and a collision between Thatcher and Tyng. The game was now tied...
...college to a higher. The favorite plan with the Seniors is that which allows the men to secure rooms by classes, the Seniors having first choice, the Juniors next, and so on; this plan shares, with one or two others, the support of the Juniors; and the Sophomores favor, to a man, any method that gives them a choice before the Freshmen. The Freshmen are rabid communists in the matter, firmly believing that it is the height of injustice to permit any one to secure a room before they themselves are served. Although there is no doubt that...
...practice of rooming alone in college seems to be coming more and more into favor; perhaps on the principle of social science, that the more highly cultivated people become, the more points of difference they find in their characters and tastes...