Word: gist
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gist of the agreement is that no club shall elect as a member any undergraduate before the fourth Monday after the opening of College in his Sophomore year, shall not give him notice of his election until the following Tuesday, and shall not pledge him until the following Friday, and that there shall be no canvassing for members from a class until the opening of College in its Sophomore year...
...expect every British tank to do its damnedest." Such was the message of General Byng, given immediately before the opening of the great battle of Cambrai. The gist of this message was sounded more than a century ago and was followed by a victory as glorious and decisive as is recorded in the history of nations. It came, as in the present instance, at a moment when the enemy was winning successes in every country of Europe, when public opinion was discouraged, and ominous clamors for peace were being heard. But roused by the confidence and determination of their chief...
Although the official statement containing the exact wording of the decision reached by the Faculty in their meeting yesterday in regard to the position of men leaving College to engage in work on farms and ranches was not given out, it was stated that the gist of the resolution was as follows...
...called "Present Day Histories." I had made up my mind that my chief source of inspiration should be the newspapers. I read them unremittingly, morning, noon and night. I subscribed, from January 1, 1914, on, to the Zeitungsarchiv which, in a daily and monthly edition, gives the gist of the important articles from 120 newspapers of all shades of opinion from Social Democratic to stock conservative. It can be consulted in the Harvard Library. Now I wish to say that never in all that time did I meet an utterance that gave me the least impression of Germany's desiring...
...communication, signed "A Freshman," appeared in the CRIMSON of Saturday, to which I, an upperclassman, wish to make this reply. The spirit of the writer of that article was excellent; the spirit of the article was the contrary. The gist of the article, in brief, is this: We have mighty fine accommodations in our new dormitories; we must set good precedents; the President is at once much interested in the success of the Freshman dormitories and much concerned over the decreasing Freshman attendance at Chapel. It is, therefore, our common obligation to go to Chapel. Now this article, inspired...