Word: gain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Preliminary Catalogue, published day before yesterday, furnishes full statistics in regard to the gain in number over that of last year. Six hundred and eighty-eight men registered in the academic department, a gain of 74 over last year...
...fulfill the duties which his position as one of the preachers to the University would impose upon him. Those who have come in contact with Dr. Hale either distantly as in chapel or more closely elsewhere will acknowledge that each minute with him has been a source of gain for them. His sympathy, his cordiality, his readiness to help when advice has been asked of him have drawn to him the love and respect of all the students. We cannot say farewell to Dr. Hale without the deepest regret. The work he has accomplished in the past among...
...difficulty and rarety of its attainment, than the great "fence game" at New Haven. For any Yale freshman class to be deprived of the fence is a stigma of which little conception can be formed here, and we may be sure that Yale will strain every nerve to gain possession of those sacred wooden bars before they are swept away (as they must be shortly) and become a relic of the past. The more honor, then, to our freshmen, if they succeed in gaining possession of the fence, having it handed over to them during their short stay...
...team, as a rule, does not use head work enough. The tendency is to get rid of the ball as soon as possible. This fault will, however, decrease as the men gain in experience. The team play is, notwithstanding this fault, rapidly improving, and the defence shows great promise...
...walk-over in the '88 100-yards dash. In spite of a slow start he made 10 2-5s. The '91 mile-walk brought out Howe and Brackett. The first quarter was a lively one, the men keeping close together and forcing each other. Then Howe began to gain, winning in 7m. 31 3-5s. The '88 half-mile was now called. Cogswell had the pole, Dana next, and Miles outside. They ran in this order until about twenty yards from the finish, when Miles spurted and came in second. Cogswell's time...