Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prizes in the running high jump were taken by Codman and Lothrop. They jumped 4 feet 10 1-2 inches, and 4 feet 10 inches respectively...
...broad jump, Lothrop was again second with a jump of 17 feet 7 1-2 inches. This event was won by Wheelwright with a jump of 18 feet 4 inches...
...Faulkner put the shot 31 feet 1 1-2 inches, and won the event with G. H. Dickerman second...
...pole vault was won by W. S. Crane with a vault of 7 feet 6 3-4 inches...
...exist in the minds of some men an idea that there is a college law compelling the professors to stop lecturing, whether they be in the middle of a sentence or not, directly the hour bell rings. At any rate these persons prepare to leave instanter by shuffling their feet, closing their note books with a clap and moving about. Their uneasiness becomes violent if the professor dares to finish the sentence or attempts to make a finishing remark. We would assure these gentlemen that no such law exists...