Word: bars
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fifth annual novice gymnastic meet will be held in the Hemenway Gymnasium on Thursday, December 16. Prizes will be given for first and second places in each of the following six events: horizontal bar, parallel bars, flying rings, side horse, tumbling, and club swinging. Dr. Sargent will also present a cup to the person winning the largest number of points in all the events. The meet is designed exclusively for men who have never taken part in any college gymnastic contest or exhibition. Practice for the meet will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays...
...hold; several times penalties prevented long runs from being allowed and lost the University team a number of opportunities to have the ball in West Point's territory. O'Flaherty used very good judgment in his selection of plays. His drop-kick was perfect, the ball going over the bar from the 31-yard line; but in the backfield both he and Frothingham misjudged and fumbled very badly, losing, in this way, all the advantage which Minot's kicking gave to Harvard. The West Point team was distinctly weak, the line could not hold, though every man fought hard. Dean...
...home on September 13, after an operation for appendicitis. Clark entered the Law School after a brilliant career in College. He became president of the Law Review and was elected marshal of his class last year, when he was graduated. He had already passed his examination for the bar...
...pole-vault was the most extraordinary event of the day. Six men cleared the bar at 12 feet, 1 1-8 inches, thereby creating a new intercollegiate record. The men who now hold the record are J. L. Barr '09, C. S. Campbell and F. T. Neison, both of Yale, E. T. Cook of Cornell, J. F. Pickles of Pennsylvania, and C. Vezin, Jr., of Princeton. If the weather is good today, this record will undoubtedly be beaten again. The distances in the broad jump were surprisingly poor, but this may be partially accounted for by the heavy take...
...hypothetical young man may have the ambition to help his country, state, or town, and do this in the capacity of a "boss." A politician who is a member of the bar is usually a politician because he has failed to be a lawyer, and good lawyers usually fail to become good politicians. The greatest recommendation of a successful lawyer is that he has the power to do justice to mankind...