Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...gain. gain...
...enormous percentage of gain in Harvard students from the Western States is due to the very small number of those students ten years ago. The small gain from the Pacific States is no doubt due to the development of universities there...
...question now much debated is, whether the influence of Harvard or of Yale is greater in the other parts of the country. That it may be possible to judge which of these universities is gaining in influence, the following table has been prepared. It shows the gain in ten years at Harvard and at Yale, both in actual number of students and in percentage of the former number...
...gain. gain...
Saturday's victory over Pennsylvania was extremely gratifying, not only as victory where Harvard had first met with defeat, but as evidence of improvement in the playing of the team. The series with Yale is so rapidly drawing near that every gain by the nine is now particularly valued. The game with Pennsylvania was distinctly encouraging. Without their captain, the nine still played cooly and steadily, - a virtue which will go far towards making up for lack of brilliant play. The men are to be congratulated on their well-deserved success, and should be warmly supported in the final effort...