Word: rains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Because of the rain, Coach Lloyd Jordan took the squad into Briggs Cage for the morning practice, and most of the season was devoted to setting defenses for Cornell's T offense. Afterward came an offensive drill against dummies, which included some passing...
...member of the University's meteorological faculty, Wallace E. Howell, is famous for his rain-making experiments of this past year. To members of the Blue Hill staff, however, such activity is extra-curricular; they are mainly concerned with the unspectacular work of recording weather conditions, doing research, and making predictions for the University and the U.S. Weather Bureau...
...College officials annually begin wondering about weather. And, Brooks reports, it is touch and go. One year, seeing an ominously heavy storm building up over Jamaica Plain, he examined the prevailing wind direction and advised Class Committeemen to move the senior spread indoors. When the wind changed, bringing the rain to Blue Hill instead of Cambridge, Brooks expected complaints. He got compliments instead; another storm that he could not see had moved in from the north and soaked the Yard, making his prediction "correct...
...closest escape came, Brooks states, at the Littauer corner stone laying. At 13 minutes of four that afternoon, with rain falling heavily, officials called to ask when the storm would halt. "In about half an hour," the professor replied after studying his instruments. The officials immediately notified waiting guests that ceremonies would start at 4:17. They began promptly. The rain stopped...
However, he is not pessimistic about the season. "The team is working very hard, shows good spirit, and will be ready for that first game," he said after yesterday's gruelling practice in the rain...