Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...himself by clearing 11 ft. in the pole vault, breaking the record of 18 ft. 10 1/8 in. held by Bucholtz of Pennsylvania. Paine raised Fearing's record in the high jump of 6 ft. 1/2 in. by one-eighth of an inch. He won first place in the event at 5 ft. 9 3/8 in., and cleared the bar in his exhibition jump without great difficulty and at the first trial. Hill's time of 5m. 12 3/5s. in the bicycle race is several seconds better than the former record. Not less remarkable was Hollister's half mile...
...been turned, and a return to the old days of the Linonian and Brothers societies is not far off. The sophomores this evening conferred a unique honor upon the three Yale debaters. They placed them on this fence - an honor which is accorded to freshmen only in the event of great athletic triumphs - and cheered wildly for them and their class. It is very rare indeed for such fraternal relations to exist between two successive classes, and the occasion affords only another instance to prove that the art of debating is no longer held in disrespect at Yale...
...games will begin promptly at 3.30, and all athletes should report at the oval at 3.15. The following is a list of the Harvard entries for each event, together with the handicaps...
...fifteen minutes' distant from the Grand Central Station, and only seven minutes from the terminal station of the elevated road at One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street. After 1 p. m., trains will be run every ten minutes. The contests will be so accelerated this year that the last event will be decided long before dark...
...Cornell musical clubs. The men will leave Ithaca June 16, and will sail the next day from New York on the steamer Paris. The first concert will be given in St. James Hall, London, on the evening of July 4, and will be made distinctively an American event. Patriotic and American songs will be sung, and all Americans in London will be invited to turn out on this occasion. From London they will go to Henley to attend the races, in which the Cornell crew is to take part. After the Henley regatta a second London concert will be given...