Word: evening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...work of the baseball candidates since they began practice in the open air has been very satisfactory, and as the men are more evenly matched this year than is usual, it will be a difficult matter to pick a final team. The men are all working hard and have been successful in defeating the team of ineligibles and Uhlriche's professional team which played them on Tuesday afternoon. As a consequence of the even playing of the candidates the games between the 'varsity and the reserves are hard fought and are almost as useful in training the men as regular...
Unless there is a sudden change in the weather, Mr. Lathrop expects to use the track on Holmes Field next Monday. Last year the team was not able to practice on the track till March 29, so the work may even now get started earlier this season. The vacation, however, comes at an unfortunate time, and it may be necessary for some of the most promising men to cut short their recess, though no one will be expected to stay in Cambridge all the time...
...very wide range of subjects, there has not been a year of late when there has been a sufficient number of worthy competitors to make it advisable to award all the prizes. Last year, it is true, there was a larger number of competitors than ever before, but even then only four of the nine Bowdoin Prizes were awarded, while the James Gordon Bennett Prize in political science has never been given since its foundation. Lack of competition for this last prize is especially remarkable because it is open exclusively to Seniors, is in a subject which is studied...
...raising the standard of scholarship they cannot be valued too highly. It has always been the custom, however, not to award the prizes until autumn and then there is no special occasion at which the names of the winners are announced together. As a result most students never even hear the names of those who take prizes and men who may have worked for what they thought was a badge of distinction, are apt to feel that they have worked in vain. The CRIMSON would like to have the names of prize winners announced at Commencement together with those...
...recent cold weather has considerably retarded the work of the class crews. Owing to the strong winds and cold the crews have been prevented from regular rowing and even when the men have been on the water they have been unable to get the full benefit of their practice...