Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That four-fifths of the entering class at Harvard cannot stand correctly even when told to is a physician's discovery which is reported in the Harvard Illustrated Magazine. Some of the four-fifths may be able to accomplish more from their faulty position than some of the one-fifth from their correct one, but the exhibit has an un preparedness look which could be improved without danger of militarism. Springfield Republican...
Exeter repeated her victory of last year in the fifth interecholastic gymnastic meet held under the auspices of the H. A. A. in the Hemenway Gymnasium Saturday night. Exeter scored 39 points. Andover was second with 15, and Miltes Academy falled to place...
...mile handicap run, and a fourth place in the pole vault. In the relay race the team won the intercollegiate championship against Holy Cross, Princeton, Cornell, and Pennsylvania in the fast time of three minutes 26 and 3-5 seconds. This time is within one and one-fifth seconds of the world's record, and is one-fifth second slower than the time made by the team in the Meadowbrook games last year. In two other races this winter the Tiger quartet has won out over the University, but in the race on Saturday the team beat Holy Cross...
...world's indoor records were broken by the competitors in the races. Captain Overton of Yale broke the indoor record of four minutes 18 and 1-5 seconds in winning the mile race in four minutes 16 seconds, and W. T. Hobbs of Dartmouth lowered by one-fifth of a second the record for the 50-yard high hurdles, when he covered the distance in six and four-fifths seconds. Overton ran the latter half of his race faster than the first, the time by quarters reading...
...fifth annual interscholastic gymnastic meet held under the auspices of the University will take place in Hemenway Gymnasium tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Exeter, Andover and Milton Academies are the schools that have entered teams. Exeter, the winner of the meet last year, is again the favorite, although Andover is well represented in every event. A banner will be awarded the team of the victorious school, and medals will be given for the first two places in each event. A dinner will be served the teams in the Trophy Room of the Union at 5.30 o'clock...