Word: heights
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Running high jump - J. D. Winsor, Pennsylvania, first; F. W. Koch, California, second. Height...
Pole vault - C. T. Bucholtz, Pennsylvania, first; W. A. Stewart, Pennsylvania, second. California did not compete. Height...
...extending its entire length and filled with inscriptions. The stylobate of the main portico which will be 12 feet above the terrace, will be at the level of the top of the massive granite base of the building, whence, thus firmly planted, the superstructure will rise, and at the height of 70 feet a cornice with a severe but richly ornamented cheneau will terminate the height to which the arms of the cross will rise. Above this, at the intersection of these arms, will rise the supports of the domes, to a second cornice, 100 feet above the ground, again...
...higher level and occupy the entire space beneath the dome, which will have a diameter of 70 feet. From four piers of limestone at the corners will rise four richly-coffered vaults, corresponding to the four arms of the building, and from them will spring the dome to a height of 106 feet above the floor...
Pole vault - won by A. B. Emmons '98, N. P. Hallowell '97 second, W. E. Putnam, Jr., '96 third. Height...