Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first event to be decided was the 75 yards dash. The prediction that Harvard would win all the prizes was fulfilled before the race was finished as every man in the final heat was from Harvard. The winner was S. V. R. Thayer '94 (11 feet); second, O. W. Shead '93 (11 feet); third, A. R. Shapleigh '92 (12 feet). The time was 7 4-5 seconds. Moen ran beautifully, but was too heavily handicapped to do more than get into the final heat. A. Blake '91 won the 1,000 yards run with a handicap of 35 yards...
...event of the evening was the high jump. G. R. Fearing '93 broke the world's indoor record three times, first 6 feet 1 inch, then 6 feet 2 inches, then 6 feet 2 1-4 inches. His jumping was beautifully easy and he does not by any means seem to have done the best he will ever be able to. A. H. Green '92 also did very well, beating his own record by several inches by jumping 5 feet 11 7-8 inches. Fearing had already won his heat in the 75 yards dash...
London course 500 feet long it might be possible to win with a stroke 60 per minute at full strength. But the course is not 500 feet, but 4 miles. The number per minute must be reduced or the crew will give out. The question is: how far reduced...
...general interest not only among authorities on Greek antiquities and trained scholars but also among those who have read Greek drama as literature only. For the settlement of the, question as to whether the principals in a Greek play acted on a long, narrow ledge, the Vetruvian stage, ten feet above the great circles of the orchestra where the chorus were grouped, or whether actors as well as chorus performed in the orchestra, is of great importance even to the general reader, as the whole stage action is involved. Until very lately, scholars following the scholiast have interpreted Greek drama...
Standing three jumps-J. Hale, Jr., 2 feet; C. H. Bean...