Word: afternoon
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...remember the theatricals at Horticultural Hall, this evening and to-morrow afternoon, for the benefit of the H. U. B. C. The programme for this evening (Friday) is "Your Life's in Danger" and "The Follies of a Night." To-morrow afternoon (Saturday) will be presented the "Virginia Mummy" and the burlesque "Anne Boleyn." The Pierian will furnish more of that excellent music of which we so lately had a specimen at their concert...
Perhaps, however, the story is chiefly valuable for affording us glimpses into Yale student life on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. From casual remarks, we gather that whist is a game which is not enjoyed there. Pillow fights are preferred. But even these grow monotonous to the high-spirited Freshmen, and on the afternoon from which the tale dates, we learn that, having stationed watchmen throughout the entries of their building, some Freshmen were indulging in a quadrille. Such an innocent sport is not allowed, however, by the Yale Faculty. It tends directly to worse vices. A step is heard...
...MEETING of the Cricket Club was held last Wednesday afternoon. The club voted to join the State Association of Cricket Players, and to send as delegates to the meeting of the association Mr. Spinney of '74 and Mr. J. G. King of '75. It was also voted not to use the "crease" until, in the opinion of the President of the Club, the ground is in a fit condition. Messrs. Dwight of '74, Wilby of '75, and R. W. Curtis of '76 were appointed a committee to solicit members and subscriptions. Mr. W. C. Riggs was elected Freshman Director...