Word: grass
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...events will be run off in the following order. 100 yards dash, hurdles (on cinders), high jump, 300 yards dash, shot put, one-half mile run, broad jump, mile run, hurdles (on grass), hammer throw, 440 yards dash...
...yards hurdle race, which will be run both upon the grass and upon the cinder path, will be watched with great interest, as, in a measure, deciding the much mooted question of the relative speed of the American and English styles. The English style is on the turf, over hurdles firmly fixed in the ground, which bring the runner to sudden grief, if he comes in contact with them. This is radically different from the American style of loose hurdles set up on the cinder path. Englishmen claim that it is necessary to jump higher at the English style...
...Glee Club gave their first open-air concert in the Yard last evening. A large crowd of students gathered on the grass in front of Holworthy and were very enthusiastic, considering that the singing was very much marred by the lack of voices on the leading parts. The songs sung were mostly old ones, "Mulligans Musketeers" and the "Wah Hoo Medley" and "Johnny Harvard" being given with the best effect...
...seems to me that this passage contains a suggestion that might well be acted on. Why can we not have some benches in the yard? It is not necessary to mention in detail the pleasure they would afford: every man can imagine that for himself. Lying on the grass, and sitting on the doorsteps in the evenings, are very pleasant, but benches offer certain advantages which these do not possess, especially to those who like to read or study out of doors. And no one who prefers the grass and the steps, as probably most of us would at times...
...this area was thickly settled. The unity of interests, brought about by this close association of the colonies, made possible a successful revolution against the mother-country. As the pressure increased within this narrow strip of land, emigration pushed out through the passes of the Appalachians. The Kentucky Blue Grass country was then developed and as the tide flowed across the Mississippi, the great prairies of the west were taken up, until the Bad Lands at the base of the Rocky Mountains checked the emigrants. At this point, the difficulty of advance was so great that it was easier...