Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...CRIMSON some weeks ago had occasion to refer to the annoying manner in which men, especially freshmen, begin to shuffle their feet and slam their note-book covers five minutes before the close of recitations in some of the larger courses. As Ninety-three has grown older an improvement has been observable in this respect. But one practice remains, which, if possible, is still more annoying than the one just mentioned. We mean the practice, unfortunately not confined to Ninetythree, of leaving the lecture room during the hour. The disturbance occasioned by only one man's leaving the room while...
Samuel Crook of Williams lead off in the standing high jump, followed by O. W. Shead, W. N. Duane, and C. H. Bean, all of the H. A. A., and C. S. Wason, M. I. T. At four feet-seven and a half, Duane dropped out, and before four feet-eight and a half, all except Crook had failed. Crook continued to jump, and reached four feet-ten, but could not reach five feet. Crook won the medal. Wason and Bean were tied for second place and had to jump, again. Wason won. Crook tried again to reach five feet...
Eight men tried to climb the rope, thirty-five feet long. P. Manchester, B. A. A., used fifteen seconds. H. Williams, B A A, thirteen and a fifth seconds. H. H. Young, M I T, missed his grip twice and used up nineteen and a half seconds. I. J. Crane, M I T, was slow, and used his legs. J. Crane, '90, J. W. Ganson, '92, G. F. Cavanaugh, Sp., and G. B. Viles. '92, followed. Williams won the event and beat the best Harvard record by one and a fifth seconds. Manchester won second...
...best contested of the meeting. The men showed a great deal of skill, and the records of all were very creditable. Morse came from the B. A. A., and Fearing '93, and Green '92, represented Harvard. The Yale men did not turn up. The bar was started at 4 feet 61/2 inches. Green was the first to drop out. Fearing failed at 5 ft., 101/2 inches, after a pretty contest with Morse. The bar was put up a half inch but Morse failed to clear it and won the event at 5 feet 101/2 inches. Fearing '93, had second place...
...made more difficult. Mason was the first to drop out at 8 ft., 7 inches. At the next raise Ryder and Ewing both failed at first and finally secceeded in getting over the bar. All the men but Curry failed at first when the bar was put at 9 feet, 4 in. Crane dropped out at this height and the contest was left to Curry, Ryder, and Ewing, none of them Harvard men. The bar was put at 9ft, 10in. Byder and Ewing both dropped out at this height, and Curry, B A A, won the event at 9ft, 10in...