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Harvard Training Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 15, 1914. -- In the morning weather conditions were not promising. The sky was overcast, the wind blowing from the southwest, and altogether prospects were discouraging. Shortly before rowing time, however, the sun broke through the clouds and the wind moderated. The morning row consisted of a three-mile paddle, Wray coaching from the launch. In the afternoon he took Captain Brown's place in the Freshman eight for a few moments to make the men get a harder catch. The Henley or second crew rowed two miles at a high stroke. The University...
...John Harvard's library except one book, in 1764, when the Great and General Court, driven out of Boston by an epidemic of smallpox, occupied Harvard Hall for its sessions in the middle of winter. The weather was cold, the open wood fires were piled high, and the fire broke out in the night. This disaster illustrates the rule that it is inexpedient to leave buildings whose contents are precious without human occupancy at night. This rule applies to industrial and commercial buildings as well as to educational, but is often disregarded in this country. Hollis Hall lost a part...
Practice during the forenoon was very much hindered by a strong northwest wind, which kicked up a shorp chop in the river. All the boats took short paddies, however. The row was delayed for some time when Harwood, at 4 in the University crew, broke his rigger while holding his oar deep to steady the boat in a launch's wake...
...Verein after five hard innings took the measure of the Cercle Francais on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon to the tune of 14 to 13. The final score is more or less problematic because the last of the three umpires, about to announce the score, slipped on wet ground and broke his word. The knock-out drops of Francke and Pabst were too much for the Frenchmen who passed out repeatedly after three feeble whiffs at the pellet. The afternoon was voted a most successful one by all present...
Judging by the number of games won and lost, this year's University lacrosse season can hardly be termed successful. In the eight scheduled college games, the University team broke even; winning and losing four. On the southern trip, victories were registered by Johns Hopkins and the Annapolis Naval Academy, while the Mt. Washington Club and the University of Pennsylvania went down to defeat. In later games, the University scored victories over Hobart and Stevens Institute, but lost to the strong Cornell team and for the second time to Johns Hopkins...