Word: favors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...supposed that all hazing and kindred amusements, formerly prevalent at American colleges, were things of the past. Recent events, however, have proved that these outbreaks still remain as institutions of some of our leading colleges. At Yale, in spite of the strong attitude of the college papers in favor of allowing the annual "banger" rush, which takes place on Washington's birthday, to die out, as did the freshman theatre parties, in vogue up to last year at Harvard, the class of '86 gave their voice in favor of perpetuating the silly custom by appearing with huge canes Thursday morning...
...Harvard the game has been steadily growing in favor, and the university team has well vindicated its claim to popular regard by its uniform success throughout its entire career. The organization of a freshman team assures the university organization a constant supply of trained material and gives it good assurance of permanent strength...
...meeting of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association at New York last Saturday but few new measures were adopted. The programme of the spring meeting remains the same. The tug-of-war was not done away with, though four colleges were in favor of omitting this event. It was moved to introduce a fifth mile hurdle race, but the motion was favored by only one college. So, with the exception of the tug-of-war, it seems as if the colleges were pretty well agreed as to what the events of the meeting should be. We are glad to see this...
...great expense for colleges at a distance to send such a team; (2) it is almost impossible to decide it fairly in one day; (3) it is hardly a standard athletic event. After considerable discussion the motion was lost, 7 to 4; Amherst, Harvard, Trinity and Yale voting in favor of the motion. Princeton proposed the insertion of a one-fifth mile hurdle race; but the motion was lost, she alone voting in favor...
...Sherman, Mr. H. G. Paine, Mr. F. B. Herzog, Mr. Arthur Penn and others of the contributors to Life are Columbia men, there is to be detected a slight touch of Boston superciliousness in the contrary assertion. As a matter of fact, Life has had comparatively little college favor, though largely written by college graduates; and some of the best things which have appeared in it have come from outsiders - such as Mr. G. T. Lanigan and Mr. W. L. Alden." All of which may be very effective with the scoffing Philistines of the outside world and with jealous...