Word: gain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...heavy taxation they were obliged to bear on account of the presence of so much untaxed property in the community, and maintained that several of the professors' houses on Quincy street were not occupied for the purpose for which the College was incorporated, but were a source of private gain to their occupants. The College paid the tax on these houses but carried the case to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts last fall. Mr. Samuel Hoar '67, attorney for the University, argued that Harvard was a benefit to the city in many ways because it gave prestige to the city...
...rink at Soldiers Field. The teams were more evenly matched than the score of 7 to 1 would seem to show, for it was not until the end of the second half that the Harvard men, by their superior lasting qualities and their excellent team play, were able to gain any considerable advantage over their opponents. The playing was by far the fastest yet seen on the rink and as a result there were several minor accidents. In the first half, with a strong wind against them, the University team prevented Brown from scoring and also secured two goals...
...person of her first officer among her alumni and her faithful adherents, and it is well and wise that she should begin to do so. She has had an example set her by the President of Harvard University, who has paid repeated visits to the West to endeavor to gain in the favor of the West the prestige of Yale as it stands today...