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Word: gaining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...competitive work consists mainly of securing subscriptions and advertisements with general business efficiency as a recognized factor. Men in this competition not only come in intimate contact with undergraduates but gain a large amount of practical experience from their business relations with firms in Boston, New York and other cities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOPHOMORES INACTIVE TO CALL | 9/26/1916 | See Source »

...what was seen it was possible to obtain an outlook and a certainty in regard to the future of this great war which it would not be possible to gain in any other way. It strengthened me in the belief of the determination of the English nation to pursue the war to complete and conclusive victory, Ample proof was given that the English, rather than the Germans, are the efficient race. The former have raised and equipped an army in two years with a perfection which excels what the latter has been able to do in a decade. The entire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DR. RAND FINDS ENGLAND READY TO FIGHT TO FINISH | 9/23/1916 | See Source »

...Summer School again showed a marked increase in its total attendance, the numbers for the first time surpassing 1000. Whereas the attendance last year was 916 the number this summer totalled 1044, a substantial gain of 128. The proportion of men and women students remained relatively about the same, there being 495 men to 549 women, instead of the 446 men and 470 women enrolled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER SCHOOL MARKED BY LARGE ATTENDANCE | 9/23/1916 | See Source »

...business managers in their Junior year and one will become business manager in his Senior year. The competitive work required consists mainly in securing subscriptions and advertisements with general business efficiency as a recognized factor. Men in this competition not only come in intimate contact with undergraduate life, but gain a large amount of practical experience from their business relations with firms in Boston, New York, and other cities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON COMPETITIONS START | 9/22/1916 | See Source »

...will be seen the scores do not in any way reflect Princeton's greater ability to gain ground through carrying the ball, nevertheless facts to be adduced from these comparative figures are significant. Chiefly they bring John Rush, the coach, into relief. In one season this man, who came from a secondary school in the Middle West, who had not seen big Eastern teams in action in many years, gave to the Tigers something they had lacked since 1899, a dependable ground-gaining system. It would be blinking the situation to assume that Princeton, win or lose, will have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HEAVY YALE ELEVEN APPEARS FORMIDABLE | 9/22/1916 | See Source »

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