Word: thursday
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Routine practice will begin in carnest on Monday. The coaching work has been very much impeded since the crews got on the Charles last Wednesday; on that date, because of the short stretch of open water, practice was very brief; on Thursday, President Eliot's ceremony prevented rowing; and yesterday, Coach Stevens was obliged to spend much of his time in getting the damaged shell back to Newell...
When President Eliot accepted the parchment containing the expressions of felicity from representatives of practically every undergraduate activity in college, and delivered a brief exhortation to the 2,000 students assembled in front of University Hall to do him honor Thursday, he concluded ceremonies in celebration of his ninetieth birthday at which one of the most notable gatherings of distinguished citizens ever assembled was present...
...greatest surprise feature connected with the celebration Thursday was the announcement of a gift of $1,250,000 made in honor of President Eliot to the University from its alumni "for the better" support of certain departments of the University." The announcement of the gift was made by Bishop William Lawrence '71, Bishop of Massachusetts...
...Thursday for the first time this year, three, University crews each in a barge, and 20 Freshmen dormitory and 150-pound men tried their oars in the icy waters of the Charles. Coach Stevens had all three University crews on the water for fifteen minutes, both Thursday and Friday, and indications are that practice will be held regularly on the Charles from...
...Harvard shell got out onto the Charles yesterday. The float, which was needed at Weld Boathouse in order to launch the shells on the open water there, remained fast in the ice in front of Newell. The cold of Thursday night had kept it frozen in solidly, and despite the warm rays of the sun yesterday, it could not be moved. The work will be continued and undoubtedly the crews will be on the water Monday...