Word: winters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Although no records were broken at the recent winter games, yet they were generally considered to have been a success in every respect. The number of entries was unusually large, and the practice, which was received by the candidates for the Mott Haven team was felt to be very valuable. The plan of holding the games in the Armory will undoubtedly be followed in succeeding years, since the accommodations in the college gymnasium are totally inadequate...
Among the chief social events which occur to break the monotony of the dull winter are the monthly receptions given in Dwight Hall by President and Mrs. Dwight. They are largely attended by the professors and the members of the different departments of the university, and do much to promote acquaintance and a feeling of friendship between the students and instructors, thus removing one of the commonest objections to university life...
...club stands at the head of all the amateur nines in the country, and is in fact purely amateur, as no pay whatever has ever been given to a player, even for a single game. Many of the members are college-graduates and interest is kept up during the winter by monthly dinners. It used to be said that the club never played two games in a season with exactly the same nine, but this year the men will play more regularly. Nichols, Harvard '86, will again take his place as pitcher, to be supplanted at times by "Dr." Pope...
...Second Winter Meeting in the Gymnasium...
...scarcely necessary to remind the students that any repetition to-day of the hissing which disgraced the first winter meeting last Saturday, would be most ungentlemanly. The fact that ladies are to be present should do more towards emphasizing this than anything we can say; but at the same time, under a high pressure of excitement, even gentleman are apt to forget themselves sometimes. The spectators should remember also to abstain from undue applause and encouragement for the contestants until the close of the events. If these little things are remembered, we prophesy an interesting and successful meeting...