Word: brightnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Shot-Put.--Won by P. A. Byron '24 (9 feet), 41 feet 5 inches; second, H. W. Clark '23 (6 feet), 38 feet 9 inches; third, H. R. Bright '24 (10 feet), 38 feet 8 inches...
...Pound Hammer-Throw.--Won by G. G. Monk '21 (10 feet), 129 feet 4 inches; second, H. R. Bright '24 (50 feet), 125 feet 2 inches; third, J. F. Brown '22 (scratch), 124 feet 8 inches...
...done by the oarsmen. In the regatta, which was to be raced against 13 other crews, the University men were without a distinctive uniform. In order to have some characteristic sign, Mr. Eliot and the stoke went into Hovey's store on Summer Street, and from a collection of bright colored handkerchiefs, selected a red Chinese silk one as the best. The men on the crew tied these handkerchiefs around their heads in the race on the following day. As no colleges had colors at this time, the adoption of this to represent the University was a new step...
...Moore '93, Norman Bingham '95, Dr. L. D. Shepard '96, Arthur Beale '97, Hugh Hancroft '97, Arthur Adams '99, James Lawrence '01, John W. Hallowell '01, G. P. Gardner '10, who won his "R" in four sports; Lothrop Withington '11, Walter Trumbull '15, and A. R. Bright...
Prospects at New Haven do not seem so bright this year and there is none of the rejoicing which heralded the 1920 crew. Speaking editorially on the day the crew men were called out, the Yale News says, "Praising a crew before a race is one of the surest methods of ruining its chances. This mistake was made last year, and the memory of the eight lengths of open water will preclude a repetition of the error." The Elis realize the mistake of overconfidence which was so disastrous last year and are determined that it shall not be made again...