Word: favors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...playing was not remarkable on either side, and the victory was an easy one. Owing to a misunderstanding about the hour the number of spectators was not large; but there was considerable enthusiasm expressed, and the occasion was by no means uninteresting. Lacrosse seems to be gradually gaining favor, and it is not improbable that it will become firmly established as an acknowledged branch of college athletics...
...STRONG demand in favor of co-education has thrown open the doors of many of our universities and colleges to women, and the college press, thinking it a poor rule which will not work both ways, is insisting that Vassar admit men. Hear! Hear! - Chronicle...
...join in the universal verdict, and - she was very willing that I should. I cannot truthfully say, however, that our relations had as yet assumed any very sentimental aspect; she never would quite allow that. Yet I believe that she preferred me to the other aspirants for her favor who made nuisances of themselves (in my estimation at least) at our hotel. On this afternoon, at any rate, she had left behind a dozen unhappy and vindictive admirers, in order to explore, in my company, what little portion of Lake Winnepesaukee we could hope to cover easily...
...editorial column. Had the gentlemen of the Advocate but known this, their criticism of our conduct would have been unnecessary, as the article in question appeared without any editorial comment on our part. From the beginning of the controversy with Yale, the Crimson has been strongly in favor of a race with that college, and has thought any other course except that of New London impossible. We trust that this answer will sufficiently explain our own position, and will show, at the same time, that we fully agree with our captain in most of the grounds urged by him against...
...Club and Pierian give open-air concerts in the Yard, in the evenings, between seven and eight. The Glee Club has never failed to receive a warm reception in the Yard; and if it is possible, we hope that this Club, together with the Pierian, will be able to favor us with a few open-air concerts in May and June...