Word: gained
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...acceptance of a commercial treaty. This he communicates to the princess, who is being held under surveillance for having received the French master. Intrigue follows intrigue and the prince is banished from Berlin, but his friend Hotham decides to disguise him as the Prince of Wales and thus gain access to the rooms of the queen and the princess. The king surprises this party and is ready to banish the queen when Hotham explains the hoax. The king then sees that the princess loves the prince and forgives...
...early days of service that we are to hear tonight in the Union, of the days and months when still a young man, he experienced the tedium of the camp, the fatigue of the march, and the danger of the battlefield. It should provide a splendid occasion to gain an insight into the character and ideals of the man, who has survived the War these forty years a model of devotion to his country and his College, while he reminisces about the days...
...intercollegiate cup will be held one year by the winning team. In order to gain permanent possession, however, a team must win it for ten successive years. In scoring, each individual match counts one, the championship being awarded to the team winning the greatest number of points...
...Johnson 2 G., W. W. Parshley '09, F. P. Byerly '11, and D. B. Childs '10, substitute. The order of play is as follows: Monday--Harvard vs. Yale, Columbia vs. Princeton; Tuesday--Harvard vs. Columbia, Yale vs. Princeton; Wednesday--Harvard vs. Princeton, Yale vs. Columbia. In order to gain permanent possession of the intercollegiate cup a team must win the championship for ten successive years. Columbia has won the last two matches. Prospects for the University team this year are unusually bright, however, as is shown by last autumn's record...
...tournament has been won by Harvard nine times, by Columbia seven times, and by Yale once. The intercollegiate cup, which was won by Columbia last year, is held one year by the winning team, every member of which receives a silver medal. To gain permanent possession of the cup, a team must win the championship for ten successive years...