Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...number of students in the university was 1097. At the end of the first five years the average enrollment was 1086; for the second five years, 1300; and for the third five years, including 1884-85, it was 1440. This year's catalogue has 1662 names in it, a gain of 52 per cent. over the showing of 1869-70. For the three periods, the average each year on the academic department...
...professors and assistant professors. At the end of President Eliot's first year, the total University funds were $2,387,232. By the report of last year they were shown to be $4,803,938, an increase of $2,416,706. As these figures show, a very decided gain has been made over Yale in every way. At our sister college the number of students has increased 26 per cent., here 52 per cent...
...first five years of his term the average enrollment each year was 950; for the second five years it was 1,028, and for the third five years including 1885, it was 1,078. This year's catalogue has 1,076 names, a gain of 26 per cent. over the showing of 1871. For the three periods, the average each year in the Academic Department...
...have lived our little college life and passed out into the life of the world, the true life, we can appreciate as at no other time the sincerity of our college attachments and our college feelings, And it is in our past-collegiate life that we are to gain the best results from college societies. It is then that looking back upon the happiest period of our lives, we can understand the real significance and the immense value of college societies. Much has been said of late concerning the uselessness and therefore the folly of college societies...
...Harvard and Yale cannot be compared unless several facts are taken into account, which Professor Ladd has ignored. The marks of Yale students depend to a greater degree on regularity at lectures and recitations, than do the marks of Harvard students. The latter can cut lectures, and actually gain in standing thereby. Oftentimes a student is so pressed in one course with special work that he receives ultimate benefit by neglecting his other course for a day or two. A friend's notes or diligent reading can make the omission good. In these cases, non-attendance shows, not absence from...