Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Favored by the shelter afforded by the Surrey shore, which the Oxfords selected after winning the toss, their boat was rapidly increasing its lead over the Cambridge shell, and they were rowing easily. At Craven Cottage Oxford was a length ahead. Cambridge was spurting, but could not gain against Oxford's long, sweeping stroke. Shooting Hammersmith Bridge, Oxford was still a length ahead. Cambridge made another spurt, with the same result as before...
...donor intended it. "The collection and exhibition of works of art of every description," for which by the terms of the bequest the museum is to be used, will be forever impossible in the dwarfed structure which has so disappointed the hopes of Harvard men. To them, the gain which will doubtless accrue to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts will be meagre consolation; but they will have no other. Harvard has been sacrificed to Boston...
...HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 20. - The Yale College Library has sent out a circular letter to the alumni asking for funds. It is stated that the needs of the institution are growing in proportion to the gain in other ways, and that while the library is well filled, there are not sufficient funds with which to keep the books up in good condition. This appeal is due largely to the fact that the $50,000 left by the Phelps estate and which has been used in aid of the library, has now been expended in the construction of a gateway between...
...share of the entrance fees or admission money; or who shall have taught or engaged in any athletic exercise or sport as a means of livelihood; or who shall at any time have received for taking part in any athletic sport or contest any pecuniary emolument or gain whatever, with the single exception that he may have received from the college organization, or from any permanent amateur organization of which he was at the time a member, the amount by which the expenses necessarily incurred by him in representing his organization in athletic contests exceeded his ordinary expenses...
...over, the squad will not reach its final proportions, but some twenty new men, with many of the old players, already at work, and the close competition for the various positions will doubtless develope a strong team. One point, at least, in which there will be a great gain over last year is in the battery. Even the little training that has been done so far shows that there is valuable material available for those positions; and the same is true of the rest of the field. The coaching is being done by Mr. Arthur Irwin. Pennsylvania confidently expects...