Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Charles River Bank...
...plans for the proposed new bridge to connect Cambridge with Boston were at first such as to threaten seriously our most important athletic interest-boating. According to the drawings and specifications as they stood at first, the distance between the stringers of the bridge and the surface of the river at high water, would have been insufficient to afford head-room to a crew passing underneath. Luckily for our crews this fact was noticed by the presidents of the Union and Crescent boat clubs, and also by a Boston alderman of aquatic propensities. The latter gentleman was impressed with...
From the present condition of the river, it seems doubtful if the crews get upon the water for some time to come...
...loafing shore uniform. Such is the price which blazers, caps, and white trousers cost. They are not worn nor needed by the men while in Cambridge. To provide them with such luxuries for a three week's stay in a secluded cabin on the bank of the Thames River at New London, seems altogether unnecessary. It indicates a looseness in the handling of the crew money, which it would be well to investigate more closely. No insinuation against the present manager is implied, but a protest against the habits of lavish expenditure, which has crept gradually, but surely, into many...
While the ice on the Charles River basin was in good condition, a number of Harvard men fitted out an ice boat and daily enjoyed exciting sport...