Word: profitable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Through the excellent work of the Red Book Committee a profit of about $150 has been realized which will be turned into the treasury...
...receive attention from undergraduates, who may also note. Dean Yeoman's betrayal of "the secret of entering the examination period with confidence," and ponder his words: "Searching for truth, and applying truth to practical affairs, is the most interesting thing in life." But many besides undergraduates might read with profit the suggestive remarks of Professor Legouis on "Scholarship and Athletics," Professor Eucken's far-sighted treatment of "German University Problems." Dr. Snedden's eloquent plea for "The New Education" and Dr. Learned's enthusias- tic account of "Harvard's Training for Teachers...
...basis of this natural wealth, industry has been growing up with amazing rapidity. Building operations and railways are pushed; banks, schools, colleges, and new cities spring up. Edmonton operates all its public utilities at a profit; it has successfully established the single tax; it is planned along the most modern lines...
...clever eleven which was able to defeat team after team of superior weight and strength. Although the new rules have favored the crushing attack of heavy teams, Coach Haughton has taught comparatively light players to cope with this disadvantage through recourse to their greater speed and by alertness to profit by opponents' errors. For five years now the training of the football team has rested upon Mr. Haughton's able shoulders, and each year he has done the work of a master-coach. Two of his teams have defeated Yale elevens; two have taken part in scoreless ties; and only...
...gain the victory. It is by no means the same team that met defeat at the hands of Princeton. Changes have been made which have strengthened the playing combination, and today the Dartmouth team is a powerful, aggressive, and fast machine, capable of varying its attack and sure to profit by any mistakes of its opponents...