Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...total gain in five years Michigan leads with 1,050; Harvard follows with 970; Minnesota with 644; Cornell with 746; Pennsylvania with 676; Yale with...
...approximate percentage of gain for the colleges is as follows: Minnesota, 232; Cornell, 100; Wisconsin, 96; California, 84; Princeton, 75; Michigan, 66 3-4; Brown, 65 4-5; Pennsylvania, 62; Yale and Harvard each 57 2-5; Virginia, 51 5-10; Lehigh, 44; Johns Hopkins, 39; Williams, 22 3-5. Columbia stands last, having lost thirty one students in five years, or two per cent. loss...
...courses. - (a). The evil will be remedied better than by any other method proposed. Atl. Mo., LXVI, 163-7, Nat. LI, 107, XLIX, 425. - (b). Existing customs will not be disturbed: Harv. Mo, XIII, 114. - (c). The standard will be normal: Harv. Mo. XI, 135. - (d). More men can gain a college education: Harv. Mo. XI; 135; Atl. Mo., LXVI, 161-3. - (e). Will reduce college term to three years for those men only who need it and otherwise could not get the A. B. degree: Ed. Rev., I, 9. - (f). The general culture men will not be affected...
...wise one, and one which the students will find to be to their advantage. In the period in which the examinations come, the days begin to grow warm by half-past ten or so, and sometimes it becomes oppressively hot as early as ten even, and the gain of half an hour coming in the cool of the morning will at times be almost equivalent to an actual addition. Any men who have sweltered through the half hour from twelve to half-past, on a hot June day, trying to concentrate their thoughts on work, and succeeding in coming...
Shortly after passing the boat house, Ninety-three took its first real spurt of the race, but did not succeed in making any noticeable gain. She then dropped to 35 strokes a minute, while the freshmen kept theirs at 38 and showed no signs of weakening. Ninety-two dropped to 33, and gradually fell behind, though her form was very good. Another spurt by Ninety-three just before reaching the bridge helped her but little. All four passed under the bridge, and on coming out Ninety-four lead by nearly a length. Ninety-five was second, about half a length...