Word: gained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...played its first game in New Haven. Why is this? Every one knows the advantage of playing on one's grounds. At New Haven, the Yale men are of course accustomed to their grounds and are surrounded by their own friends, before whom they feel greater confidence. If they gain the victory their chances for the second game are still better, and the Yale freshmen get their fence so much the earlier. And, besides, they gain a great deal in confidence. A nine that has defeated another once always plays better the second time. On the contrary, the defeated team...
...substitute "battery" of the 'Varsity furnishes a strong foundation for a consolidated nine, and by the interest shown in base-ball matters by the university at large we can safely guarantee that the second nine will not have to go begging for suitable candidates. The Freshman Nine can also gain great benefit from such an organization, and all will agree that it is high time for steps to be taken to prevent the almost proverbial victory of Yale's Freshman Nines. Many minor advantages could be suggested, such as the extra inducement for regular practice to foot-ball...
...training for the class tug-of-war teams goes on bravely every afternoon in the basement of the gymnasium, in the presence of admiring spectators. The "scratch" teams seem to gain the advantage about as often as the regular teams...
There are few courses in which a man can gain more knowledge of a language, or more working acquaintance with it, than in the so-called composition courses; the only serious drawback to such courses is the great amount of time required to prepare the work well. This could be readily remedied if recitations in such courses were held once a week, but where the instructor meets his class but once a week a large amount of work must be assigned in order to derive any satisfactory results. This has been especially noticed by members of German 4, where conversational...
Howard University (colored), Washington, D. C., this year has 349 students, a gain of 84 over last year. It has 26 instructors...