Word: favors
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...political circumstances of Germany favor literary development...
...York Aldermen in their assertion that the victory at Henley "redounds to the glory of our common country," still the sentiment among college men is that the Columbia boys have done a big thing. They do not enjoy the advantages for exercise and training that some more favored seats of learning possess, and they have a comparatively small number of rowing-men to choose from; but in the face of these difficulties, with the support of a large number of wealthy and liberal graduates, and with Mr. Jasper Goodwin to push matters, they have imitated the action taken by Harvard...
WHILE the splendid victory of the Columbia crew in England is still fresh in the public mind, we would strongly urge the advisability of arranging a race between Harvard and one of the English Universities. We feel sure that the feeling of the college is strongly in favor of such a race, especially as the crew of this year will contain seven of the old oars of last year's boat. With such a crew there would be a good prospect of wiping out our former defeat by Oxford. The requisite funds to send an eight to England could doubtless...
...following letter from Dr. Holmes refers to the work, which is receiving such unbounded favor, on "Harvard and its Surroundings," by Moses King, compiler and publisher...
...Crimson has always expressed for the Nine, even after the unlucky Cambridge game, has proved itself not misplaced. Three games won from Yale in one week is a record the Nine and the College can well be proud of, especially since the scores were so largely in our favor. Knowing that Harvard had the better nine, and feeling confident of victory even after two defeats, we are not inclined, after the manner of the Yale News, "to allow our brains to be turned wild or to be driven crazy with rapture"; victory has perched herself too frequently, under Captain Thayer...