Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...many methods of memorizing such as by writing down, or relating an event immediately after it has happened are practically valueless to the majority of people. In Lord Bacon's definition of education, one approximates the true theory. Education, he says, is the cultivation of a just and legitimate familiarity between mind and things. Professor Loisette advocates what he has named the analytic synthetic method. In memorizing a passage, he reduces it to the simplest statement and then by gradually adding the modifying phrases he learns the whole by association. This is the secret of his system - association - which, combined...
Silver cups will be given to the first three men in each event. Contestants in bicycle races must state what kind of wheel they ride, whether pneumatic, cushion, or solid tire. The entrance fee is 50 cents, and entries must be made on A. A. U. blanks, to R. B. Beals, 23 Weld, as early as April 27. Reserved seats will be put on sale, April 23, at B. A. A., Boston, Wright & Ditson's, Boston, W. C. Dole's, New Haven, Leavitt & Pierce's, Cambridge, and Putnam & Davis', Worcester...
Gold medal to first and silver medal to second man in each event. An entrance fee of fifty cents must accompany each entry. The track is 530 yards to the lap; width 16 ft., 20 feet in the stretch. Entries close Saturday, April 30, with Parke H. Davis, Treasurer, 2 S. W., Princeton, New Jersey...
...running high jump was the best event to be contested. T. E. Sherwin, '94, led, followed by C. D. Heywood, M. I. T. A. A., A. H. Green, '92, J. E. Morse, B. A. A., G. R. Fearing, '93, G. C. Chaney, '94, and E. B. Bloss, '94. The bar was placed at 4 ft. 8 in. No one met any serious difficulty until 5 ft. 6 1-2 in. was reached. Here Morse, B. A. A., jumped poorly, and dropped out. Bloss had no better luck, and at 5 ft. 8 in., Sherwin and Chaney, were forced to retire...
...second indoor winter meeting of Yale Athletic Association, will be held at the Lincoln Rink, on Saturday, April 2, at 8 p. m. The following will be open amateur invitation events to which the Harvard A. A., is invited to send competitors. Events: 30 yards dash, (scratch;) 30 yard hurdle, (scratch;) high jump, (4 inch limit;) pole vault, (8 inch limit.) Cups will be given to first and second in each event. Entrance fee for each event 50 cents. Entries close for second meeting, March 30. Entries to be sent with...