Word: winter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...account of the nearness of the end of the college year the Harvard-Yale correspondence chess match, which was begun in the latter part of the winter, has been discontinued. The correspondence method of play requires a long time and only about twenty moves have been made in each of the two games. Several methods of deciding the match have been proposed but it has finally been decided to let the games lie over until next year and to finish them next fall. The match is very close and for this reason the Harvard players prefer to postpone it rather...
LOST.- A brown cloth winter overcoat, $10 reward offered for return to the CRIMSON, and no questions asked...
...Gymnastic Association has not been kept up this year owing to the late opening of the gymnasium and to the lack of interest in the middle of the winter. Next fall, Dr. Sargent intends to start it again, and engage a suitable instructor to coach...
...limit of credit to students has been placed at $25. The student member has no interest in the club property, and will not be allowed to bring visitors to the club. Neither are students to be allowed the use of the racquet or tennis courts during the winter months, unless expressly permitted to do so by the committee. This latter provision does not include the "squash" and the handball courts, and the jurisdiction of the latter is left entirely in the hands of the tennis committee...
Eight men from a class make up each club. The members of the first year class constitute the superior court, which meets sixteen times during the winter, each member arguing four cases during the term. One counsel is taken for each side of the question, and the other six members of the court hear the arguments. These six members are justices and are presided over by a second-year member of the club, who is called the chief justice. The arguments last about two hours, after which the counsel retire and the court discusses the merits of the case; then...