Word: handicaped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second meeting fomall men who wish to compete in the Sophomore competition for assistant manager of the University track team will be held at the Soldiers Field locker building at 2.30 this afternoon. Men who report at this time will be under no handicap to those who attended the first meeting yesterday...
That Harvard has so modified it and has done so excellently is evidently unrecognized by Mr. Darrow. The present tutorial system does much to make up for the handicap under which Harvard is placed. American preparation is adapted by it to English educational theories. Oxford goes to the extreme of casting its men adrift in the libraries of England with only a tutor to guide their footsteps. Harvard has borrowed the tutor, but finds it necessary to retain course instruction to meet the needs of the average preparatory and high school graduate. If Mr. Darrow but knows it, Harvard...
Harvard is severely handicapped this year by a late start. Most of the other colleges have at least a two-weeks advantage over the University, while Syracuse has been having regular practice for a month. In order to overcome this handicap Coach Lydecker expects to hold some hard work outs in the near future in preparation for the first game which comes with the Alumni on April 17. Yesterday's workout consisted of mild scrimmages, with stick-work for the beginners...
...Interscholastic and the triangular meet with Dartmouth and Cornell on Saturday will be followed by the Winter Track Carnival on Monday, March 2. Any student in the University, including the Graduate Schools, is eligible to compete. A liberal handicap will be given all entrants not on the team in every meet except the high hurdles. University track men will start from scratch in all events...
...other events are: the 40-yard handicap; 45-yard hurdles, scratch; 300-yard handicap; 600-yard handicap; 1000-yard handicap; mile handicap; two-mile run; shot put; high jump; javelin throw; discus throw; broad jump; 35-pound weights...