Word: gain
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...insist. A race for the "championship," while a very desirable thing, is by no means essential, as Oxford was not challenged to row the "champion" American crew, but simply Harvard University. This is the reason of our "indifference" about the Cornell and Columbia race. Cornell has everything to gain and nothing to lose; with us it is just the reverse. We asked her in a gentlemanly way to give us a little time to complete our negotiations with England; she seizes on this as a pretext for withdrawing her challenge. All the "Spirit's" correspondent can say in his accusations...
...Spirit of the Times, and last week he asserted that "Harvard had not as yet answered the challenge from Cornell for a race, and must, to preserve her honorable reputation with the world, come out and say what she will do, lest every one think she is trying to gain time, as she did last year in the Freshman race. She must accept Cornell's challenge, or the world will say that she was intimidated by the jeers of Yale; she must do this to prove herself an independent institution, and show that she knows what she wants...
...carefully observe these rules, first practised by '80, your conduct on the "tramway" will certainly gain you much admiration, and help establish your reputation as a "nice fellow...
Suppose, then, that you have determined to try for a prize. Don't be at all bashful about proclaiming this fact, for you will gain some reputation in an easy way, and you may, perhaps, scare away a rival or two. First of all, carefully choose an interesting subject, one that any examiner can enjoy. Heaven knows that all the subjects are dull enough; but such a one as "The Measurement of Molecular Magnitudes," despite its alluring alliteration, is enough in itself to insure failure...
...extra special meeting for Freshmen only, on Saturday, October 26. The object of this meeting is to give Freshmen a chance to compete among themselves before entering against some of the more famous athletes of the University. It is thought that by giving them this meeting they still gain confidence in themselves, and come forward in large numbers on the following day. And here, in connection with this, it is urged on all Freshmen to join the Association immediately. They will find the Secretary in his rooms, Grays 42, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from...