Word: gained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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From this point to the finish came the most interesting part of the race, enlivened by the cheers of the numerous spectators on the wall. The seniors seemed to gain at every stroke, and were rowing in excellent form, while the sophomores were rapidly drawing up on the freshmen. At Clarendon street, two blocks from the finish, the crews all spurted; in the meantime the sophomores had taken third place from the freshmen. At this point the form of the seniors and sophomores was noticeably good, while the juniors seemed to be slightly broken up. The seniors crossed the finish...
...college championship. We wish that we could predict success with certainty, but for us to make such a prediction, under present circumstances, would be very hazardous. We can predict with confidence, however, that whatever may be the result of the game, the Harvard nine will do its utmost to gain the victory. The game today will probably be the hardest we shall have to play this year and defeat can be no disgrace. Victory will be creditable in the highest degree. The nine carries with it to Providence our earnest wishes for its success...
...lived for gain, he wrote for pelf...
...sports, but the direct reverse - a withdrawal from ordinary human life and a complete lack of interest in everything that goes on outside of his special sphere. In Cambridge they call this tendency "Harvard indifference;" but its influence is not confined to Harvard. If our educated men are to gain nothing from what is termed a liberal education save a narrow selfishness and lack of patriotism, enthusiasm, individuality, and everything positive and definite, we had better shut up our colleges." This is excellent doctrine and we hope to hear it preached more and more widely...
...This system, so completely carried out, accounts, perhaps, for many of the great feats and remarkable records reported as having been made by the Greeks. If our knowledge of their sports and methods of training were more accurate and comprehensive, it is not to be doubted that we could gain many valuable hints therefrom...