Word: favors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...given in Tremont Temple on May 8, in honor of Mr. Nat Brigham, the most famous tenor soloist who has ever belonged to the Harvard Glee Club. The Lotus Club, the Philomela Quartette, and the Harvard Glee Club will assist at this concert, and Mr. Brigham will return the favor by singing at the Glee Club-Pierian Concert, to be given in Sanders Theatre, May 13th...
...been, it would seem, an element of uncertainty in regard to the final result of the year's work. The upper-classmen who have carefully watched the progress made by the men in training, declare the chances of success are remarkably even, with the odds, perhaps, slightly in favor of eighty-five. The freshman crew, inexperienced as it is, must not be disregarded in naming the boats likely to take second or third place. Eighty-seven was not considered very liable to come in much better than fourth last year, yet the sophomores found to their cost that the capabilities...
...London, the London Sportsman says: "The Cantabs this year seemed to have dropped back into that light and ineffective style which many people thought they had abandoned. We have previously pointed out that the light dipping stroke will never succeed against the long and powerful pull which is in favor among the oarsmen on the Isis. The men were well trained, though, perhaps, one or two were, to adopt a technical term, "drawn" a little fine. They, however, had superior stamina to contend against, and they failed, as many have done before. We would urgently advise that the rowers...
...repeat that the senior class has elected Mr. Notman photographer, and that they ought to do all they can to make the pictures a success, and to assist the committee in its work, and not to thwart and discourage the committee because some of the class were personally in favor of Pach Bros. for senior photographer...
...trace the name which stands first among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Here were educated the Adamses, Paul Revere, Charles Sumner, Wendell Phillips, Emerson, Beecher, President Eliot, and a host of men who have stamped themselves on the minds of men. The speaker declared himself in favor of the course of President Eliot on the Greek question, and said that the classics cannot be today what they have been in the past. He believed in making them elective and allowing them a chance to compete on an equal basis with other studies. The oration was in every...