Word: ices
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...relief. In spite of all that has been said, Yaphank is not a bad spot to spend the winter. Undoubtedly it is less frigid than Ayer; in fact the center of Long Island is supposedly ten degrees warmer than New York City itself. The coating of snow and ice will keep the terrible dust down; the monotany of swamp-oak will be broken by this time by the newly-laid out drill grounds and cantonments. To the New Englander it will be an education to live away from his native hearth,--to mix with people who did not cross...
...wagons will not be allowed in the Yard afternoon on Class Day, that between noon and 2 o'clock all materials must be carried by attendants on foot, and that between 2 and 11 o'clock attendants will not be allowed to enter or leave the Yard with dishes, ice cream cans, or anything of that nature. No automobiles carriages or bicycles will be allowed in the Yard after noon...
...first time this year the two first University crews were given a short workout on the Charles last Saturday afternoon. What little ice remains is rapidly melting, and a long stretch up the river is clear enough to give the coxswains little trouble. The floats at Newell have been launched; the Pup II is in the water; and today the shells and the Pup I will be brought back from Lynn. From now until their trip to Carnegie Lake for the Princeton race in April the crews will row on the Charles...
...ice on the Charles is rapidly breaking up, and there was enough open water yesterday to allow the seven lower University boats and the first Freshman to hold short practice rows. For all but the third and fourth crews this was the first outdoor work, and the boats went rather awkwardly; a large amount of floating ice in the only open stretch available, furthermore, made the work of coxswains difficult. If the present clement weather continues the river should be clear by the first of the week...
...candidates for the position of coxswain in the University or Freshman boats are to report at the Newell Boathouse today at 4 o'clock. Although opportunity for all the new men to get out will be limited until the ice is off the river, it is necessary for prospective coxswains to be on hand at the time indicated...