Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hard to recall a meet more intensely interesting. The weather was cool and threatening, but there was scarcely a breath of wind to interfere with the runners. The Yale track has recently been recoated with cinders and has been otherwise improved, and although not yet firm enough, is much better than in former years. As a result the performances were excellent. The dual records in the half-mile and mile runs and in the hammer-throw were broken, and in the quarter mile and high hurdles the old marks were equalled. The meet was most remarkable, however, in that every...
...results of the change were very satisfactory and it seems probable that the present order will be held over the Cornell race. Coach Wray gave the eight a long row to the lower bridge, and with Harwood stroking, it displayed much improvement, being noticeably better in timing at a high stroke...
...official soccer league standing for 1912-13: Teams, Won Lost Tied Points Harvard, 5 0 0 10 Haverford, 4 1 0 8 **Columbia, 2 2 1 5 Pennsylvania, 2 2 1 5 *Yale, 1 4 0 2 Cornell, 0 5 0 0 **Ranked third because of better goal average. *One game forfeited to Haverford...
...brilliant game on Saturday the University lacrosse team defeated Hobart at Geneva, N. Y., by the score of 7 to 3. Harvard scored five goals in the first half to one for Hobart, and throughout the game showed better speed and stick-work. Lincoln played an excellent game at goal...
...toastmaster will be R. B. Batchelder '13, who will introduce the following speakers: "The CRIMSON Building," H. M. Williams '85; "The Undergraduate and His Relation to Better Things," R. C. Evarts '13; "Recollections of an Old Editor," W. R. Thayer '81; "The CRIMSON and the College," Dean B. S. Hurlbut '87; and "An Outsider's View," Dr. Endicott Peabody...