Word: favors
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...opening the affirmative argument for the University, Slater Washburn '20 maintained that though he held no case for the liquor traffic, there are four distinct objections to the 18th Amendment in that it is too radical and sudden a change, encourages attempts to violate the law, discriminates in favor of the wealthy, and weakens the Constitution. The second speaker for the University Rudolf Protas Berle '19 argued that the operation of the amendment would lead to conflicts between the states and the national government, and that there is no popular sentiment to insure is enforcement. Jacob Joseph Tutun '20 closed...
...Greek government, after expressing joy at the defeat of militarism and imperialism by the allied nations, sends a greeting to students at allied and neutral universities. It goes on to say: "Dodecanesian students residing in Greece and Dodecanesian students of the University of Athens urge your support in favor of the re-establishment of their unhappy country to its former indissoluble union with the rest of Greece...
Before the Faculty decides in favor of extending the general examination plan now used in the Division of History, Government, and Economics to other departments, the failure of the tutorial plan in the present system should be remedied. The average student derives almost no benefit from his fortnightly tutorial conferences, and until the middle of his Senior year looks upon them as an unpleasant and useless extra task to be hurried over and forgotten. Then, too late, he realizes his mistake and sees the connecting and comprehensive values his work has failed to gain...
Another very important features is the indoor banked running track for winter practice and indoor track meets. The plan provides for several locker rooms which would furnish ample room for both the University squads and visiting teams. These facilities would greatly favor winter track which, as things now are, has to practice on an outdoor board track, subject to weather conditions...
Daily Chapel is too successful, too sacred, too traditional to be opposed by anyone. It has received a vote of favor from every Senior class (excepting 1919) since the institution of Senior statistical blanks. Quite apart from the spiritual benefit that can be derived from Chapel (and there are those who do benefit spiritually despite the compulsion theory), Chapel has three other advantages any one of which would furnish sufficient grounds for its permanent retention...