Word: recess
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...candidates for the team will be called out as usual immediately after the Christmas recess. The training will be practically along the same lines as in former years, except that a special squad for heavy weight men who intend to train for the hammer and shot will be formed. These men will have special work laid out for them and will not train with the other candidates for the team...
...board track between the Law School and the Gymnasium will be put out during the Christmas recess but will be eight laps to the mile instead of six, as last year. This change is made necessary by complaints which have been made to the effect that the noise of the men running was apt to distract the attention of men at work in the Physical Laboratory...
...past years the College has, on application, given those who live in Chicago, or westward, two days extra at the beginning of the Christmas recess. The College has also demanded that all be back to register on January 3 before twelve o'clock. This compels all who live in Chicago to leave home on the afternoon of New Year's Day. As one of the chief pleasures of the holidays lies in being at home on that day, I would suggest that instead of giving two days extra at the beginning, the Faculty give one day at the beginning...
PERCY F. EMORY, Sec.LACROSSE. - Practice in throwing and catching will be continued in the Carey Building until the Christmas recess. All men who intend training for the team are expected to turn out. I will usually be in the Carey Building at 3.45 p. m. to instruct beginners...
Arrangements for the Harvard-Princeton joint debate are progressing satisfactorily, and the debating societies at Princeton are very enthusiastic. Princeton will propose the question, and Harvard will have the choice of sides. The competitive debate to choose Harvard's representatives will be held shortly after the Christmas recess and will be conducted on the same plan as the debate to choose speakers for the Yale debate. The joint debate itself will be held during the first part of March...