Word: winters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...support a club room with baths and lockers for the members. I sincerely hope some one will start a club of this kind, for there is no reason why it should not be successful and a benefit to the college. At any rate let us have some runs this winter while the weather is so favorable...
...view of the length of time consumed in traveling back and forth between Boston and Cambridge, the captain of the university crew has arranged a temporary float at the Charles River boat-house, to be used until the severity of winter forces the crew to the harbor for open water. We cannot commend too highly the energy of the boat club in its endeavors to further the interests of the crew, and we can only urge the college at large firmly to support these efforts. Every possible means should be put at the disposal of the crew to make their...
...gained from light regular training is obviously so much greater than that to be gained from unsystematic exercise, however vigorous it may be when taken, that every one who can ought to take advantage of the opportunity. The classes will be formed immediately and will continue work throughout the winter. We hope this opportunity for a systematic development of the muscles will not pass unprofited...
...very promising. In Mercer Hall a good substitute has been found for the cage, which was destroyed last year. Although Mercer Hall is rather small, it is much better than the old cage in the gymnasium, and as it is out of the question to rebuild the cage this winter, Mercer Hall will have to suffice. The hall has been turned into an excellent handball court, and is plenty large enough to permit battery practice. The candidates will continue to practice indoors daily until the weather will permit out-door playing, and they will in all probability be under...
...Boat Club have succeeded in securing the small float at the boat house for use all through the winter. On Tuesday afternoon the float was put in place in spite of the difficulty occasioned by the low tide. The water is at present extremely unfavorable for rowing, as a long stretch of mud intervenes between the float and the river; but the crews, equipped with rubber boots, struggle bravely through it, and will continue to take daily rows as long as the weather permits...