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Word: gainers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...boat club to look into this matter, and either by having the old boats, of which there are several, repaired, or by purchasing a few new ones, increase the facilities for private boating? By so doing the boat club would benefit many men and would itself be a gainer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/26/1887 | See Source »

...annum. At Harvard the tuition fee is universal, while at Tufts College not more than five per cent. of the students are required to pay it. When a scholarship has the effort of bringing to the college persons who would not otherwise come, the institution is the gainer by the amount of his tuition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Address by President Eliot before the Harvard Finance Club. | 1/6/1887 | See Source »

...proud. We observe that the college is awarded high praise for his oratory. We venture to claim a part of the honors. He, like many others who reflect credit on their college, was well taught in the Latin School, and, conspicuous for natural ability, was greatly the gainer from his teaching and practice here. The college had a good foundation upon which to build...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 12/8/1886 | See Source »

...wise that compulsion in religious matters here should have been done away with forever. The CRIMSON'S position in this matter is too well known to require further comment. We think that the Overseers will have no cause to regret their action, and that Harvard University will become the gainer and not the loser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/17/1886 | See Source »

...flames before they became dangerous and out of his control. The plan is one which brings the recommendation, not only of safety but of economy, For, if every man could readily extinguish any fire at the start, no large fires would take place, and the college would be a gainer as well as the student. The grenades once provided would last almost indefinitely and the small number which it is probable would be used could readily be replaced from a reserve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/23/1885 | See Source »

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