Word: recess
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sits at one end of a large, glass-topped table, around which are nine straight-backed chairs. There are five windows,, softly curtained, and a thick soft carpet. Along one entire wall is hung a tapestry which reaches from ceiling to floor. Behind the tapestry, in a kind of recess, is a large and well equipped refreshment counter. Across the room from this counter is a large safe, containing money and other valuables. One door leads to a shower; there is, however, no dressing room. ¶ Last week also- saw further consolidation in the parent industry when newly-formed (TIME...
...pounds were divided into first and second boats a few days before the start of the recess; their races with the schoolsboys on Wednesday put them to their first test with outside competition. Rowing over a Henley course on the Housatonic, the first shell was nosed out by Kent by one-fifth of a second time. The Harvard men, outweighed some 20 pounds apiece, got off to a good start and at one period held a one-length lead. Approaching the finish line, however. Kent put on a spurt which carried them a foot ahead of their opponents to victory...
...beginning of the spring recess the first and second crews will entrain for Kent, Connecticut, the annual Spring training quarters for the vacation week, where they will prepare to race the first and second Kent crews...
...squad has been working out daily on the old polo field, behind the Business School. Special attention has been given to developing good stickwork and various plays are being tried out. A training table for 25 players will be organized at the Union after the spring recess...
Although outdoor practice will probably not start until after the Spring Recess, all men intending to come out for the team should attend the meeting because there will be indoor practice in the Freshman Athletic Building during the two weeks preceding vacation. The first outdoor match comes on April 20, just one week, after the close of vacation so that Coach Cowles will not have much time in which to select his first team...