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...inches, beating the previous record of 8 feet, 6 inches, made by Moore in 1887. In the high jump, McLanahan, '92, won with apparent ease, by a jump of 5 feet, 1 inch, Roddy, '91, and Small, '92, tying for second place. Mr. Stoll, of Staten Island Athletic Club, gave an exhibition of rope climbing, making the 35 feet in 10 1-5 seconds. There was only one bout in heavy weight wrestling, contested by Huston, '89, and Pierson, '90, won by Huston. Mr. Molineux of the New York Athletics, and amateur champion of America, won the horizontal bar, after...
...light weight wrestling, Davis, '92, won from Taintor, '91, and in the second bout, Page, '91, threw Todd, '89. The final bout between the winners of the first two bouts, was awarded to Page, '91, Davis having sprained his arm. J. J. Kraft, of the Nonpareil Rowing Club, gave a pretty exhibition of club swinging, which was followed by the spring-board jump, won by McCord, '89; distance, 8 feet, 7 inches-T. Sproull, '89, second, 8 feet, 5 inches. The first bout in the feather-weight wrestling was won by Babcock, '90, who, in the second bout, was thrown...
...Ward then passed on to the question of man's development, and gave a brief outline of the Darwinian theory. In conclusion the lecturer said a few words about the development of mind, and showed the distinction between instinct and reason...
Last fall, in view of the long felt need of accommodations for students within the college yard, Mrs. Susan D. Brown of Princeton gave Princeton College $50,000 for the erection of a new dormitory, and has recently added $25,000 more. The plans of Mr. Page Brown, of New York, who recently built both the Biological Laboratory and the new Art building, have been accepted for the new dormitory, and work will be begun as soon as the weather permits...
Yesterday afternoon, in the lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Dr. Wheeler gave the third of his series of lectures on the Athenian Acropolis. The subject of the lecture was the temple of Athena Nike...