Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...taking first and second places, had to be content with bringing up the rear. Page won the event by a jump of 5 ft. 10 1-2 in. Atkinson and Richards tied for second place at 5 ft. 9 3 4 in. In jumping off, Atkinson failed to clear 5 ft, 7 1-4 in. which Richards did, thus winning second prize...
...morning was showery, but a little afternoon the weather had cleared so that by the time the sports were called it was bright and clear, the only drawback being a strong wind up the home stretch and a slight heaviness of the track. The grand stand was crowded with the supporters of the teams from ten different colleges, and at times of excitement the din of the varied cheers was tremendous. Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette, University of Michigan, Princeton, Leigh, Trinity and St. Johns, each sent at least one representative athlete, the Harvard delegation being the largest...
...wise selection of college studies is a little book now in press, on the "Study of Political Economy," by Prof. Laughlin. The articles recently published in the Atlantic and in the Popular Science Monthly on the various aspects of economic study by this same writer, have done much to clear up a subject about which so little is known, except by those who have pursued it. The book is just what is needed, and we feel certain that it will be received with great favor by the students...
...university, who after a minute had a good six inches of rope on their side. Balch, '88 attempted by repeated heaves to bring the ribbon back to his side, but was in vain, and at the lapse of the three minutes, the university had won by five clear inches. While the tug was going...
...taking in the ground stand with its crowded audience; the long lines of carriages, bright with the blue parasols of their fair occupants; the level turf of the diamond, dotted here and there with crimson or blue clad players, the whole standing out distinctly against back-ground of the clear May sky. Repeated cheers welcomed the appearance of the nines upon the field, doubly repeated when any good play called for commendation...