Word: winters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this event the Harvard Crimson (undergraduate daily) took editorial notice with cutting Brahman irony: "After a winter spent in Chicago and enlivened by intellectual restlessness, the happy tramp heeds the call of the broad highway-his acquaintance with the humanities having given him that detached, impassive view of life so indispensable to members of his profession...
Last week a lonely Coast Guard cutter, the Tampa, was hurrying north to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. Behind her lay a winter season of snooping after rum-runners off the U. S. Before her stretched a season of snooping af-ter icebergs. On April 15 she, or her alternate iceberg scout, the Modoc, will heave to at latitude 41° 46' north, longitude 50° 14' west. Her crew, except for the ever present watch in crow's-nest and bridge, will fire three volleys, will moan "taps" in lament for the sinking of the Titanic...
Next Monday has been announced by Coach Farrell as the opening day of the outdoor track season. All the runners and field men of both University and Freshman squads will get out on the cinders at that time. Since the spring track season is distinct from the winter season, any one in the College, whether he ran during the winter or not, is urged to come out. Coach Farrell especially wants a large number of Freshmen, who with four years ahead of them will have ample time to develop even if they have no previous experience to support their present...
...last two weeks the University and Freshmen weight throwers have been working out daily under the direction of Coach Jakko Mikkola, behind the Soldiers' Field Locker Building. A few hurdlers have also been practicing since the close of the winter season, but none of the jumpers or runners have yet been out. Although the track has been in fairly good condition for several days, Coach Farrell decided not to call the men out until the weather should be warmer and the chance of early season colds and strains not so great...
...March 6, the University track team brought to a close its must successful indoor season in recent years. The victory in the triangular meet with Dartmouth and Cornell, and the triumph over all the teams of the east in the intercollegiates were the high spots in the team's winter record...