Word: favors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the poets are too few in number. We write essays in abundance and the essayist meets with no slander. If, then, more poems were written and required to be written, we claim that the poet would be treated differently, and his productions would be received with the favor they deserve. Why not have themes for poems as well as for essays? The writers need not soar into the skies and try to pluck out the very stars on their first attempt, when their wings are weak. They would not be expected to rival Pope or Coleridge, Bryant or Tennyson...
...recent canvass of the majority of Tufts College with reference to compulsory chapel, resulted at follows: 21 were in favor of retaining the custom, 9 wished it abolished, and 64 wished the matter of attendance to be made optional...
...Hall has helped them partially out of their quandary by offering to admit the delegates to the hall, allowing them to occupy the seats of those students who spend the holidays at home. Inasmuch as the inclemency of our New England climate at this time of year does not favor the pitching of tents upon Jarvis and Holmes fields, the committee is obliged to ask the students for the use of their rooms for several days of the vacation. Fifty rooms are needed; and the committee requests all students who are willing to give up their rooms to send their...
...line, Woodbury tried to rush it over, but without success. Burnett was equally unlucky. Adams proved to be the lucky man, securing a touch-down right between the goal posts. The ball was brought out and Kimball kicked a goal, making the score 11 to 6 in favor of '86. This ended the scoring, though '86 kept forcing the game for the rest of the time. Burnett and Adams each made superb runs, both of which were of no avail on account of previous foul...
Lost. - A Teubner edition of Pliny's Letters. The finder will confer a favor by leaving it at 12 Grays...