Word: gained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last event of the afternoon was the tug-of-war between the teams of '88 and '89. It was, to say the least, a very tame affair. '88 got the drop by about two inches and by three or four heaves during the allotted five minutes, managed to gain four inches more. The freshmen were unable to gain an inch and time was called with '88 in possession of six inches of rope. The two teams were composed as follows: '88, 1. E. A. Pease, 2. J. R. Purdon, 3. P. Chase, anchor, F. G. Balch...
...shown to be quite as free from this evil as any other New England college. The manliness evident in all departments of college life, and the maturity of Harvard men, are strong evidences that the vast majority of students would utterly scorn to make use of unfair means to gain an end which is valuable, only so far as it is genuine. While every thoughtful Harvard man will admit this last statement, there can be no doubt that cribbing is practised by many who recognize in it, the only method possible of maintaining their class rank, and that college opinion...
...West" are of little value. There is room in the lower half of the profession. Over half of medical practitioners are successful. As in law, the man who has an air of confidence, a taste for research and knowledge, a practical mind and a kind heart, will gain success...
...lower part of this diagram shows that the increase at Yale is from 500 to 563, or 12 1-2 per cent., while the dotted line of Harvard's progress indicates an increase from 419 to 1,068. or 155 per cent. In other words, the mere gain at Harvard amounts to a greater number of students than Yale has ever had in its Academical Department! If for ten years longer these ratios of increase should remain unchanged, in 1895 Harvard College would be teaching over 1,700 students, while only about one-third of that number would seek...
...there, tormented, perhaps, by doubts and difficulties in the attempt to solve the great problem of what their life-work should be, thirsting for the light with which the lecturer's words flooded the subject and which would have aided them in the task of solution, were unable to gain admittance...