Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...third crew was given a start of about a length and a half over the second and for the first twenty or thirty strokes neither was able to gain. When, however, the crews lowered their strokes for the steady pull to Harvard Bridge, the second gained rapidly. A series of tens brought the second steadily ahead until at the finish at Longwood Bridge it was four lengths of open water ahead of the third crew. Neither eight displayed very good watermanship, but both rowed a hard race. The third lacked the power on the finish and the control over...
Boyden, the first runner for the University, was slow in starting and lost the pole. At the end of the relay he was 40 yards behind the leader. Although Guild, the second Harvard runner, ran a fast race, he was unable to gain perceptably. Ryley, who followed Guild, quickened the pace and succeeded in reducing the lead by 10 yards. Jaques, the last man for Harvard, by exceptional work cut the lead down to 15 yards...
...previous work of the candidate. If the Chairman is satisfied with the investigation the candidate will be named as holder of the fellowship. The purpose of the fellowship is to aid persons who have already done dramatic writing of promise, but who need some technical training in order to gain their desired results. The follow-ship is open to students in dramatic composition in either Harvard or Radcliffe...
Although the hockey team failed to gain the intercollegiate championship this season, it is none the less to be congratulated upon winning the most important game of the year, defeating Yale by a larger score than did the championship team. It is always gratifying to win the last game, especially when the victory, as in this case, marks a steady improvement in the team...
...greatest opportunity comes during his college career, and few realize it until years later. Parents and alumni must assist the student to get the best in college life by helping him to gain a sense of proportion. They must require more than social or athletic prominence and teach him the value of intense scholastic application. Both sides of life in college are good, and the student should follow all the paths of good. He, however, does not realize this; it is for the Faculty to bring about the true proportion between intellectual and athletic effort. The College must produce...