Word: air
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conditions attending the freshman meeting yesterday afternoon were not very favorable to fast time. The air was raw and there was a bad wind on the back stretch...
...heating, ventilating and sanitary arrangements are as perfect as modern science can make them. There will be hot and cold water throughout the building, and every stairway will contain a freight elevator. The fireplaces in the studies will be furnished with the Jackson ventilating grate, which receives cold air from a flue rising from the basement. This fresh air enters the room above the grate and ventilates the room, thus obviating the necessity of opening the windows in extremely cold weather. Steam heat will be used in the hallways and lavatories...
...Boston has hired the Union ball grounds on Dartmouth street and converted them into a field for the enjoyment of open air athletic sports. Bicycle riding, hand ball, base ball, tennis and pedestrianism are indulged in every afternoon. Last night the executive and other committees connected with the society met to arrange for conducting the field sports which are to take place on June 16. These games will be open to all amateurs and entries will be received by Mr. L. F. Small, Association Gymnasium, Boston...
...fine fielding game and led his side at the bat. Gallivan played his usual good game, both in the field and at the bat. For Melrose, Grant played finely, as did Chase, who in the eighth caught a hot liner from Knowlton's bat, jumping high in the air. Harvard's coaching was poor, and lost her at least one run. The score...
...kindergartens might be expected to do. During the game the spectators applauded and yelled with delight at every error Harvard made. As for the umpire, that individual so far lost his head when the score was tied in the eighth inning as to toss his hat high in the air, and did not recover his equanimity until one of the spectators, more impartially disposed than the rest, reminded him of the office he was supposed to fill. For his sake, we should also like to hint mildly that an umpire's business does not consist in coaching the members...