Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conscience which is blunted ceases to be a sense; it is simply inert matter. Probably food speculators do not reflect on the ultimate consequences when they raise the price of life's necessities. But their lack of thought makes hunger no less bitter to those who are deprived. Personal gain is behind the food speculator and the book thief alike. But the books in the Widener Library are to be shared by all, they are community property, and a good citizen must always think of his community...
...Slight Gain for "No's" in Yale Recount...
...undergraduates of the men's and women's colleges and of graduate students. In the past five years, the official records indicate, there has been an increase of a flat 20 per cent in the university registration. Undergraduate men this year number 778, against 765 last year. This gain is made despite the fact that the present freshman class of 237 is smaller by 19 than last year's Undergraduates at the Women's College total 232, an increase of 23. Graduate students show a falling off, there being 130 this year, 15 less than last winter...
...musical service under the direction of Dr. Davison will be notable. The University is fortunate in offering such an opportunity for enjoyment to its students. Every man will do well to take advantage of the occasion, and thus to gain in some measure a real appreciation of what Christmas so deeply signifies...
...Yale batteries has not been transferred to the University from the ownership of the state. Furthermore, the army officers to be stationed at the University to take charge of the unit have not yet been officially appointed, although an effort is being made to complete the plans and gain the approbation of the War Department and the officials of the University before the Christmas recess...