Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first team has shown great improvement, due to the consistent drilling during the past week. The defence has been somewhat weakened by the temporary loss of Claflin, but Goodale has done well in his place. The greatest gain has been made in the development of team work among the forwards, which was very apparent in the Princeton game Wednesday evening...
...outcome of tonight's contest depends a great deal on whether or not the University team can stop Baker. If his roving style of play can be blocked, the Harvard team should gain a victory, for it is largely his ability to take the puck into the opponent's territory that wins Princeton's games...
...give here in the second half of this year will therefore not be offered in 1914. The exhibit and talk this afternoon should prove valuable for all who are thinking of taking this half-course; and for those who are not, they offer one of the few opportunities to gain some insight and appreciation of the significance of the art of Thibet, China, and Japan...
...brought about mainly by the increased number of students registered in the Summer Schools, and the enlargement of the Faculty. The only year in which the registration was larger was that of 1903-04, when the total was 6254, 121 more than this year. The College shows a gain of 49, and the professional schools a loss of 16, the largest falling off coming in the Law School, which registers 67 fewer students than last year. The Dental School shows a healthy growth, having increased its enrollment by 36. The Divinity School exhibits no change over last year, while...
...bravely faced the truth that the problem is never quite so simple. His young heroine begins as a worshipper of her uncle, the boss Dan Magee, who seems so strong and generous; and only gradually she comes to suspect that the system he personifies is corrupt. Nor does she gain an easy victory over him; indeed, at the end of the play, she herself realizes that to overturn a power rooted in the craven nature of the people, is a work of incalculable slowness. Magee, too, is a complex character, in whom sincerity and trickery are mingled in a very...