Word: weather
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rowing from twelve to sixteen miles a day, the work varying according to the condition of the men and the weather. Cummings is rowing with the crew part of the time every day During the time which he has been out he has lost a good deal but if his health will allow it and he can row well enough, he will probably row in the race...
...meeting is a serious undertaking to handle, and the large number of entries is a sign of the success which has attended their efforts. We wish that the meeting itself could have gone off rather more smoothly. While realizing the difficulties of managing a large meeting, especially when the weather is so raw that the competitors do not want to stand waiting any longer than possible, we still think that more foresight and better management would have made the waits of the meeting less long. We hope that at the next meeting the Association will put things through with more...
Except as above, the races will be governed throughout by the Laws of Boat Racing as adopted by the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen. Should the weather necessitate postponement, notice will be sent to the college boat house as early as possible...
...Games shall be postponed on account of bad weather only...
...begin the mid-year examinations at half-past nine, the finals should begin earlier, in order to avoid the hot part of the day. Everyone who has been through a hard final on one of Cambridge's hot June days, knows what it is to long for cooler weather. Whatever change is made cannot, of course, remedy the difficulty entirely, but it can help in some degree. The hot part of the day from ten or eleven on, cannot be avoided; it has got to be borne, but there is no reason why any more of the examination than possible...