Word: heights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Average Citizen Gray was "discovered" last year by the American Magazine, by virtue of geography and statistics. Aged 44, medium height, medium weight, medium coloring, not Wet, not Dry, Citizen Gray conducts a clothing store. Asked last year whom he thought would be the next President, he replied: "Oh, probably Charley Hughes...
High jump: First, F. T. Burgess '30; second, N. P. Beveridge '32; third, h. B. Wands '30. Height--5 feet, 8 inches...
Pole vault: First, Osborne Sutermeister '32 (8 inches); second, W. H. Cleaver '29 (scratch); third, C. E. Dunlap '30 (scratch). Height--12 feet, 2 inches...
...physical standards to be met are likewise exacting. In addition to freedom from disease and deformity, the applicant must measure up to definite requirements of height and weight. For instance, at the age of 20 a man six feet in height must weigh at least 146 pounds; and the other ages and heights are graded accordingly. No man is admitted of less than five feet four inches in height...
...above. This is to be corrected in the following points. The appearance of the "Gold Coast" dormitories has not changed since passing from the jurisdiction of the private owners. Never straggling or ugly these dormitories are to be noticed for their substantial construction and orderly arrangement. Above the ordinary height of college dormitories, and admirably designed they are in dignified harmony with their urban surroundings...