Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Chief among these is Egdar S. Holt who enters the Lawrence Scintific School. Holt weighs above 200 pounds and is six feet two inches tall. But fall he played for a time with the Harvard football squad, but decided to return to Andover where he played on the Phillips Academy eleven at right guard. His size, weight and experience of four years on the Andover eleven will make him a valuable...
...eight-oar race to decide the championship left unsettled at the Metropolitan regatta on Monday was rowed off last evening. It was won by the Riversides by about ten feet after a very exciting race. The Shawmuts failed to appear at the start. The Weld crew led past the Harvard Bridge down to the three-quarter mile mark; then the Riversides forged slightly ahead and kept their lead to the end, although a spurt by the Weld crew cut it down to ten feet at the finish. The Weld crew was somewhat put out in the last quarter...
...Yale has a record of 44 ft. 1 1/2 in. with the sixteen-pound shot, and of 135 ft. 7 1/2 in. with the sixteen-pound hammer. Cross of Yale also has thrown the hammer 135 ft., and A. Brown of this university has put the shot over forty feet. The Oxford men last year did but little in the events, G. Robertson throwing the hammer from a 30-foot ring 101 ft., and A. F. Mailing putting the shot...
Work has been commenced upon the new Phelps gateway, which will occupy a position between Welch and Lawrence Halls and overlooking the New Haven Green. The building is designed as a tower flanked by four octagonal turrets, with an elevation from ground to top of parapet of about 100 feet. The exterior will be faced with sandstone from the Longmeadow quarries. Collegiate gothic has been adopted as the design of the new hall. This building will complete the long front on the easterly side of the campus...
...Length - The length and form of the hood will indicate the degree, as follows: For the bachelor's degree the length shall be three-fourths that of the master's degree. The master's degree shall be the customary length, not exceeding four feet, and the doctor's degree shall be of the same length but have panels on the sides...