Word: wind
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...summer winds at New London are south-west. The river runs south, and at the end of the course Winthrop Point projects well out from the west bank, and so protects the river from below. Moreover, as there is a tide of two feet, there will always be one time of day when the wind and current being together it cannot be very rough, so that the crews will not be deprived of practice for days and days together, as they were at Springfield...
...author has, in the last line, expressed the real feeling that comes over one in this autumn weather. It seems as if it were not simple enjoyment of existence, so much as a "dreamy" sadness, that can hardly be called such, it is so pleasing. Even the clear north-wind, bracing as it is, reminds one of the passing of the year, as it blows the red leaves to the ground, and makes one regret the departure of flowers and birds, while it bids us enjoy still more the few days that are left...
...high wind, which blew dense clouds of dust over the Yard, and kept many ladies from the promenade, together with the intense heat, made last Class-Day, as far as the weather was concerned, rather less enjoyable than some of its predecessors. Nevertheless, ladies and gentlemen thronged to the Chapel at 11 A. M. in sufficient numbers to show that that building, even with its improved accommodations, will not be large enough for future public college exercises. A noticeable feature at the Chapel was the substitution of stalwart Junior ushers for the armed policemen who used to guard the entrance...
...game of Tuesday was called at 4.30 P. M. with the Harvards at the bat. A. W. Perry, Harvard, '76, was chosen umpire, but was obliged to retire after the first inning, to prevent the strong wind permanently affecting his eyes, injured in a game a few weeks previous. Wm. Mason, Harvard, '76, was chosen to fill his place...
EXCHANGES report righteousness below par at Michigan University. Sand; wind; destruction! Rock; storms; perpetuity! - University Herald...