Word: gained
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...occasion demands, hire them from the janitor, who always keeps them on hand, the charge therefor being $1.50 apiece. It seems as though a plan like this might be successfully introduced here in Cambridge, and be a source of advantage to both owner and student, for the former would gain a large percentage on his outlay, and the latter would obtain the necessary garments at a trifling expense. The cost of a cap and gown is, however, not great, and when it is taken into consideration that they can be readily disposed of to the succeeding class the expense...
...absence this good means I gain...
...life, e. g. I find that I can enjoy fashionable church privileges in Boston, which I should otherwise be obliged to forego, to the very great detriment of my moral nature; and many other things of like sort. Now, can any one doubt," he went on, "that the spiritual gain more than outweighs the spiritual loss in this case, to say nothing of the fine example of my public acts of virtue, while these private peccadilloes (only so when considered per se) are confined to the sight of but two at most...
...feels entirely free from chance of interruption. Considered as it is at present, it would require years of use to make "sporting the oak" a custom here, but were it considered and accepted in the same light as it is in English Universities, we think it would soon gain ground and favor. There would then be but little difficulty in establishing a custom of which many always, and all at times, have felt the need...
...without a touch-down, but leaving our men full of confidence, though rather disgusted at the "foul" crying and the friendly "hints" with which the Tufts umpire encouraged his men. The third half-hour was closely contested, and the crowd were on tiptoe with excitement. The elevens seemed to gain strength from the enthusiasm of their friends, both sides fighting like tigers. The ball was run up and down from one goal to another, Wetherbee of the Harvards making two beautiful runs. Harrington of Tufts kept up his well-earned reputation until he was disabled, and although he pluckily kept...