Word: gained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...next forensic duel to be held In Cambridge, on February 9. There will be a series of tryouts beginning about two weeks before this time. These tryouts present an excellent opportunity for any one who is interested in making the teams to demonstrate his ability and to gain experience at the same time...
Chiefly by its extension of the time allotted to the process of preparation, the new step is all for the good of the Red Book. The uncertainly in the high places must remain, since first choices must still be made largely on preparatory school reputation. The gain will come in the selection of men for minor places on the Board through competitions made more just by prolongation. Editorial candidates may try their hands at a greater variety of topics than has been allowed them, and the business department will be freed from the breathlessness of lining up advertisements...
...rivalry among the various American cities, such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, in their attempts to gain artistic distinction highly amused Mr. John chiefly because the American cities do not go in for exhibiting much contemporary art in their museums...
...Army eleven with Cagle at its back. The Stanford team, which is not the best in the far West, was ludicrously superior to the Army, which has been considered the best team in-the East. One play, an antique variation of a fake "statue of liberty" never failed to gain ten yards. The members of the Army team, like children who have been playing with toughies, were discovered to be in a condition of total dilapidation, most of them crying, when the game was over. The score was 26-o but it might have been bigger without exaggerating Stanford...
...second place, I should be grateful if the anonymous defender of those who suffer from "a sudden fatigue of academic honors" would explain his profound ignorance of the very nature of General Examinations. If he believes that a "knowledge of Shakespeare-(sic) note by note" is sufficient to gain a degree summa cum laude in English, I advise him to study the requirements for a degree in any literature, ancient or modern, and to read the examinations set for those concentrating in such fields. This applies with equal force to all fields in which General Examinations are given, with...