Word: broadness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...RUNNING BROAD JUMP (FINAL...
...Running broad jump, trials...
...best scholars could make the society earlier in their course, there is no doubt but that the members, and through them, scholarship in general, would have greater prominence in undergraduate life. Secondly, the system of detailed marking at Harvard is not such as to encourage thinking in a broad way. It is often too much of a temptation to work for the mark alone, which of course defeats the end of true scholarship. Again, it is often said that in certain courses a man cannot know anything about the subject and get a good mark. Section men in the large...
...place and Jackson second. Freeman won the 120-yard hurdles in easy fashion. Worthington, of Exeter, who finished second, and Jackson, who was third, were disqualified for knocking down three hurdles. In the field events, Worthington, of Exeter, made the best performance, jumping 21 feet, 4 inches, in the broad jump. Howard had little difficulty in winning the 12-pound hammer-throw with a throw of 163 feet 7 1-2 inches...
...Running broad jump.-Won by Worthington (E.); second, Tilton (E.); third, Brickley (E.). Distance...