Word: gained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should not let timidity or distrust in their own powers keep them back. The success of the meetings depends in a great measure on a large field of entries the resulting competition. We especially urge members of the freshman class to come forward. If they are unsuccessful they will gain valuable coolness and experience for future contests...
...single day of practice on the river is worth many days in the tank or on the machines, and all of the crews will gain much from the extra weeks on the water. For the freshman crew the getting out on the water early is especially desirable, as heretofore they have hardly been able to obtain the requisite experience and steadiness in rowing together before the class races...
...both to Andover and to Exeter. The incentive given to both schools to put forth every effort in order to win the annual game, and thus be one of the contestants in the final struggle for the cup, will be great. The Boston schools will also have much to gain from a membership in the association. It is probable that either Exeter or Andover will generally be the winner of the cup, but that result is by no means certain, and the Boston schools will have the advantage of being able to choose the best men from several nines...
...been so characteristic of the wrestling, will be avoided, and, if the colleges which are at liberty to compete in the third meeting send delegates, not only will greater interest be added to the events of that meeting, but the men who are to contest at Mott Haven will gain by the additional competition...
...possibility. When we freed the slave we assumed the responsibility of making him an enlightened citizen. This is the work which the Hampton Institute is doing. But there are other influences which have been busy working the same great evolution. The struggle which the Negro has had to gain the franchise has had great educational influence upon him, and has developed him politically and socially. Human nature has asserted itself and the black vote is slowly dividing; out of these political distinctions, social ones are growing. Then, too, the contact of the Negro with the white races has furnished reconstructive...