Word: gained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...drop was about even. The freshmen made the first heave and gained a little. Their gain was continual, with one exception, when '86 got in a good heave and regained a little rope. But it was all in vain, and when time was called at the end of the five minutes, '87 had won by nearly seven inches. The gymnasium immediately became the scene of frantic enthusiasm, as the victorious freshmen carried their team from the cleats...
...society is said to have refused the theatre because they were afraid they can not get a large audience to attend and because it was impossible to make the maps large enough. Both of these objections are ridiculous on their face. The number of those who were unable to gain admission to Sever on the occasion of the last lecture would alone make a very respectable showing in Sanders, and many other persons would have come had they not felt that a seat could not be obtained. As for the maps, it is easier to draw large maps than small...
Rose Hill College, of Fordham, New York, which usually has an excellent nine and played us last spring a more sharply-contested game than Brown will probably have representatives at the base-ball convention who will try and gain her admission. [News...
...general statement no argument is required to prove absurd. Men of muscle do need exercise. The men who suffer most from the confinement of student-life are the men of vigorous bodies. Many of them, without the capacity of self-control, and without the health which they gain by exercise under the present system of athletics, would never be able to graduate. Many others would graduate with impaired bodily powers, and others still as slaves to habits of dissipation...
Among the difficulties met by the American, the following may be mentioned. The language is, of course, the main one, but six months of honest hard work will overcome this in nearly every case, and in some special branches enough can be gained in four to answer all practical purposes. The script is peculiar and must be learned, for nearly all notices on the bulletins are written in it. The choice of lectures is often a problem, but as it is permitted to hear the various courses for about two weeks without settling down upon any particular one, this...