Word: gained
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...militia officers of the South," said General Wood, "favor a transfer of the militia into a Federal force. Such a transfer would mean a great gain in military strength and increased efficiency in the militia. The University Regiment has attracted widespread interest among Southern colleges, and has started a national movement for a strong body of reserve officers. The field is not only a large one, but an exceptionally good one, and our aim shall be now to continue organizing and recruiting until a body of 50,000 officers is available...
...this the team was third, in the field. The second was won by the score of 945 to 886 made by St. Thomas. Although an improvement was made, the University dropped two places in its standing in the whole class. In the third match the team made a decided gain, with a tally of 980 as against that of 954 made by Lehigh University, this total putting the University team at the head of the class. The men who scored for the University are as follows: W. S. Stearns '17 (capt.), L. Clark '16, D. Duncan '17, C. A. Coolidge...
...coming generations by enlarging the Brooks House collection. He can, it is true, wait until the end of the year, and obtain a few pennies for his wares from the book-dealers, but the obvious loss to the University of such a course will be far greater than the gain to himself...
Faculty members in South America, says Dr. Klein, take more prominent places in politics than our own professors do. Granted that our most immediate interest is commercial, and that time will be needed to build up closer intellectual relations, one further practical gain will result. The southern scholars, with their training in public affairs, can teach us the very problems of law, banking, and transportation, ignorance of which now seriously handicaps American business houses. The war has made available the best of Latin American professors and has opened to us the field of southern trade. Now is the time...
...there also is too often on the part of the foreign student, somewhat as a result of this attitude, an unapproach ableness which does not invite advances. Both would benefit by a more frank interest in each other. The native student would gain a broadened view; he would also be in the not unprofitable and certainly very agreeable position after graduation of having acquaintanceships with men, some of whom will rise to prominence, in foreign lands. This is a selfish reason. A consideration of the situation the American would be in if he were studying in Berlin may suggest unselfish...