Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...course was half covered Harvard had raised the stroke to 36 and there was open water between the shells. The Midshipmen tried to pull up but failed, and when the University found Annapolis unable to hold its place, it dropped to a lower and longer stroke, but continued to gain. From the three-quarters point both crews again spurted, but the University still gained and crossed the finish line three lengths ahead...
...RESTAURANT DEPARTMENT. Receipts.Dining Room, $19,471.61Ladies Cafe, 252.05Helps Table, 4,020.50Stock on Hand, 809.63 Expenses.Purchases, $13,853.85Service, 5,468.44Board of Help, 2,252.00Kitchen Fuel, 434.87Gas, 21.51Kitchenware, 135.80Tableware-Linen, 232.41Laundry, 407.59Printing, 132.50Miscellaneous, 617.42Gain, 997.40$24,553.79 $24,553.79POOL AND BILLIARDS.Receipts, $750.40Expenses, $300.28Gain, 450.12$750.40 $750.40CIGARS AND CIGARETTES.Sales, $1,668.78Stock on Hand, 315.83Purchases, $1,624.02Gain, 360.59$1,984.61 $1,984.61SUMMARY.Gain, restaurant, $997.40Gain, pool, 450.12Gain, cigars, 360.59Loss, house dept., $5,798.57Net loss...
...years, there has been a great deal of difficulty in getting men out for spring football practice. Available candidates of first squad calibre have not reported, and it has often been necessary to issue a second and third call. The advantages of spring work are obvious enough. New men gain the attention of the coach and the captain; old men keep themselves in condition. The spring practice has one function of special importance,--that of introducing this year's Freshman team to the University squad. These men should make a particular point of reporting. A meeting of all the candidates...
...young men would have to be sacrificed in the early stages of a conflict, in order to teach such blind unbelievers as the CRIMSON that preparedness and militarism are as different as black and white, that efficiency depends upon previous training and experience, of the sort that men will gain at these very camps,--and that we must prepare for circumstances, unthought of now, which may arise at any time, and force us to act in defense of our principles. A MEMBER OF THE MILITTA...
...going out of date. It is in the boarding schols that the universal ambition to be somebody and to influence the character of somebody else finds its widest scope. Salaries in boarding schools, moreover, compare favorably with salaries in colleges. No one going into schoolmastering should look for financial gain and no one should stay out fearing financial loss...