Word: finish
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...popular belief that college ideals are higher than those of the great world outside, for they are less exposed to contact with its rougher aspects. So college journalism, which may be forgiven many mistakes in style and finish, should never be guilty of any least infringement on the laws of propriety. That any publication, issued at Harvard and circulated in the College, should go beyond the bounds which civilized society erects, is an offence not only to those now connected with the University, but also to all who have labored to build up its high standards...
...hurdles held in the Baseball Cage yesterday afternoon, J. P. Long '11 won both events and the second place in each event was secured by A. Sweetser '11. The distance covered in each case was 35 yards. In the first event there were three high hurdles with the finish on the top of the last hurdle, while in the low hurdle event two hurdles were used with a 10-yard finish after the second hurdle...
...which makes such a demand upon the grit and stamina of the athlete, and which leaves him in such an exhausted condition. Moreover, the distance runners in the spring are often the cross-country runners of the preceding fall. At Yale the letter is awarded to those runners who finish within twelfth place in the intercollegiate run, whether Yale wins the run or not. This does not cheapen the letter, for to secure even twelfth place in such an event requires great qualities. I think the Athletic Association should follow Yale's example in this respect, and place a real...
Following are the order and times of the first five men, and the finish of the Harvard men who scored; 1, T.S. Berna, Cornell, 33m., 5 1-5s.; 2, W.H. Tappan Cornell, 33m., 6 1-5s; 3, D.C. May Michigan 33m., 12s.; 4, P.R. Withington '12, Harvards, 33m., 24s.; 5, H.S. Young, Cornell, 33m., 41s.; 27, P.C. Heald '11, Harvard; 36, W.H. Fernald '12, Harvard; 39, H.Y. Masten '10, Harvard; 47, W.P. Rogers '11, Harvard...
Tickets admitting to the Technology field, where the race will start and finish, may be obtained at 50 cents each from P. H. Pearson, the manager of the Technology team...