Word: weather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...four. The foot-ball season is over, and this, of course, diminishes the number of wet and bedraggled individuals; but on the other hand the crew men will soon settle down to their work, and their daily runs up North Avenue will have to be kept up in wet weather as well as in dry. When we add to this, the fact that the gymnasium is now overcrowded with other men who prefer that their clothing should be dry, we think that the gymasium authorities might exert themselves to remedy this defect...
...Varsidy crew away from the boat-house, and as a consequence the work done on the river this fall has been of a rather desultory kind. However, the captain of the crew has shown much personal activity in his coaching of the numerous candidates. Every afternoon when the weather permitted has been utilized. Sometimes the crew has gone out as an eight. The shell has been out about five or six times. Pair oared barges, however, are the boats which have been generally used...
Eighty-six is to be congratulated upon the success which has at last crowned its efforts. Notwithstanding the delays which the unfavorable weather necessitated, the series thus far has proved highly interesting, and offered the best eleven as fair a chance as possible to win the cups. It took no inconsiderable amount of enthusiasm to play so closely contested a game in such weather. The players deserve the highest commendation for their work. Despite the gloomy predictions which followed the withdrawal of Harvard from the inter-collegiate association, foot-ball appears still to hold its place with...
Owing to the bad state of the weather yesterday, the '86-'88 game was postponed. It will probably be played...
Last night a large audience, considering the disagreeable weather, assembled in Sever 11 to hear the fourth and last of Dr. Royce's very interesting series of lectures on early California history. The cause of the troubles which at first were the plague of the state was the irresponsible spirit which pervaded all classes. The early political life of the state was influenced largely by the presence of Southern politicians, so that finally the Democratic party was in the ascendant. The American treatment of the natives was throughout cruel and unjust. They called them bad names and tried every possible...