Word: day
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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DURING the recess the crew have been rowing regularly on the river, and have done some good work. They have been out twice a day, and on one or two days tried the shell. We are pleased to see the spirit that keeps them so faithfully to their practice, for if we win the next race with Yale it must be done by hard work, for there is no doubt that Yale's defeat of last year will only make them the more earnest and the more eager to do well. The material in our boat is so good...
...change in the breakfast-hour at Memorial is a signal for the growler to open his lips again. He has importuned us with his complaints every day since the announcement of the change, and has asked us to write an editorial on the subject. He has brought forward all the arguments used of old against such change, and he insists most vehemently on the point that, to force a man to get up and breakfast between the hours of a quarter past seven and half past eight, is manifestly a return to those barbarous customs which...
...plans of the new Gymnasium, which we hoped to have published this week, have not been entirely completed. The architects did not receive the proposals of contractors for the work until a day or two ago, and Mr. Hemenway must be consulted before any of these proposals can be accepted. If the estimates of the cost of putting up the building, in accordance with the present plan, prove satisfactory, the contractors will begin at once. If, on the other hand, it is found necessary to make decided changes in the design, work will be delayed several weeks. While...
...meet" under the auspices of the Boston Bicycling Club was held on Fast Day, at 11 o'clock, in front of Trinity Church. Some twenty-five machines were in line, and a run was had, via Chestnut Hill Reservoir, to Squantum, which point was reached in about three hours. Here the club had a collation, and returned by train. The regular meet was held on Saturday...
...returns the gleeful Spider, while the sobered Fly goes to the recitation and sits it out in sadness. The day is spoiled for him. The instructor is slower than ever, the pull on the river will be dreary, the Memorial Hall dinner will be cold. Such is the misery that Spider causes daily...