Word: favors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- There has been some talk lately among the professors and instructors about the advisability of abolishing the mid-year examinations in favor of periodical hour examinations...
...doubt, refuse. In that case we must persevere. Let a second and a third petition follow if necessary. If these fail, appeal to the graduates. There is no reason why, by an aroused public sentiment, together with the assistance of the graduates and those members of the faculty who favor the change, we should not get what we asked. One thing is certain-we must not longer be idle. Cannot you, editors of the CRIMSON, at once head a petition which shall ask that our nine be given a fair show in the future...
...deciding contested elections, although practicable in the early days of the Republic, is now bungling and unjust. Of the cases already brought before Congress, three-quarters have been adjudged according to the political views of the votes. Mr. E. C. Shoemaker was the first to argue in favor of the negative. He asserted that to carry the proposed change into effect it would be necessary to amend the Constitution, which would be at once difficult and dangerous. The House of Representatives has the power to impeach a president or a member of the Supreme Court, and why should...
...Sach's first lecture on Greek vase paintings occurs this evening in Boylston Hall. He gave two of his lectures in the Art School at Yale during last week. They met with great favor and were enjoyed by large audiences. The second lecture at Harvard occurs tomorrow evening...
...point of view which his lectures, whose titles appear in the college calendar to-day, will take is a novel one, and of such a nature as to appeal to the layman as well as to the scholar. We trust that the college will show its appreciation of the favor conferred on it by the Classical Club by making use of these opportunities to hear some very valuable and attractive lectures...