Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...With the close of the Christmas recess comes a season of hard work, both for the student and athlete. Candidates for all the athletic organizations will begin active work, preparatory to contests upon the water and, ball-field. Those who intend to compete in the winter meetings of the Athletic Association will or should begin training immediately, in order that these popular meetings may not be less successful this year than in the past. The standard of excellence has always been high, and it will require more than average exertion to prevent it from falling. With so many events...
Most colleges close their fall term this year on the 20th, two days earlier than Harvard, and enable those living at great distances to get home by Christmas...
...between the Northwestern railroads was brought to a close yesterday, and telegraph orders have been sent to restore today the old rates for freight and passenger traffic...
Examinations in Entrance Botany, English Composition, French and German, will be held at the close of the Christmas recess. All students intending to take these examinations are requested to give notice in writing...
...path, uttering a babel of discordant but exhilarating cries of encouragement to their champions on the water. One by one the graceful craft appear in sight, the oarsmen swinging like a piece of perfect mechanism, the blades flashing in the evening sun, the coxswain anxiously calculating how closely he dare shave the awkward corner looming in the distance, and how soon he shall venture to call upon stroke for that final spurt which shall bring the taper bow within bumping distance of the boat which they pursue. Stroke by stroke the interval is lessened; the cries on the bank grow...