Word: preference
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...First as to candidates. At Harvard we are told 251 prefer Blaine and 413 Cleveland. So far as it goes this certainly tends to confirm the statesmanship of Mr. Blane's letter from Paris. Turning to Yale, we find there 70 Republicans and 13 Democrats. No expression of preferences for individuals has come to us from Yale. We may seek solace against this adverse "straw" in the fact that Cleveland was elected in 1884, although the vote of Yale was then also against him. It is also worth noting that the Democrats at Yale have recently made great gains. Since...
...witness, support, or enter athletic contests. If even a small percentage of students fail to respond, the results will be incomplete and unsatisfactory. The committee therefore earnestly request you to fill out the enclosed blank, and to send it to 7 Hollis Hall immediately. If, for any reason, you prefer not to make a return, will you be so good as to write a statement to that effect upon the back of the circular, and to send it in? The committee desire an answer of some sort from every student of the college...
...numbers on account of its athletic victories he considers entirely unsupported by facts. Harvard, not with standing her defeats, gained more proportionately than victorious Yale. Individuals may be influenced by athletic success, but the vast majority are governed by other considerations, and their decision is unaffected. Some parents even prefer to send their sons to the less athletic colleges, as they disapprove of the excesses to which these contests often lead. The consideration of this matter will be more fully taken up in the President's report, which is soon to appear...
This late-in-the-day clipping is worthy of publication for its ludicrous statement: "While 3000 people witnessed the Wesleyan-Pennsylvania foot-ball game on Thanksgiving morning, in New York, only 1800 were at the Yale-Harvard game in the afternoon. It would seem that Gothamites prefer a good dinner to foot-ball.- Campus...
...been placed in the vestibule of the Co-operative. As payment for the theatre is required in advance, at least $250 must be on hand by December 10. Anything, however small, whether in the form of cash or of a promise to pay, will be gladly received. If men prefer, subscriptions may be handed to the treasurer in person, Mr. S. W. Sturgis, 47 Matthews, or to any of the other members of the committee on funds: W. F. Brush, '88, Weld 41; Y. G. Davis, '89, Matthews 49; Calvin G. Page, '90, 9 Bow street; Philip S. Abbot...