Word: high
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Owing to the lack of interest in the weekly competitions, as shown by the small number of entries, the H. A. A. have decided to discontinue the series. At the last contest there were only two contestants in the high jump, two in the shot, and three in the pole vault. The result of the series is as follows: S. R. Bell, '91, won the prize for the best average in the high jump. His best jump was 5 ft. 5 in. R. S. Hale, '91, was second with a best jump of 5 ft. 4 in. H. H. Hunnewell...
...degrees at graduation: Bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, civil engineer, mechanical engineer, bachelor of science in mining and metallurgy, engineer of mines and metallurgist, electrical engineer and analytical chemist, besides higher degrees of M. A., M. S. and Ph. D. In presence of such a collection of high-sounding names, a modest Harvard man stands aghast until he remembers that their value must be taken with a grain of salt.- Cambridge Tribune...
Princeton's new base-ball cage is finished, and a short description of it may be of interest. The building is 140 feet long by 50 feet wide, 16 feet high at the sides and 26 at the highest point of the trusses, on which the roof is supported, or a mean height of 21 feet. There is afforded, therefore, an inclosed space of nearly 5,400 cubic yards. One end of the cage is doubly boarded to furnish a solid smooth surface for hand-ball practice. On the inside the ceiling is formed by wire netting, which extends...
There is among Americans a notable fondness for high-sounding names, not clearly comprehended, but forced to do service as ministers to vanity. In this service some have been racked beyond the limits of endurance. Perhaps none have suffered more than the ill-fated "university." The best of our colleges are as yet not equal to the true universities of England and Germany; but in spite of this we dub every little college with the awe-inspiring title of university, and then stand off and gaze at our work in fond admiration; and, in name at least. we place...
...accordance with a suggestion that appeared in the columns of the CRIMSON, the managers of the Athletic Association made arrangements so that the weekly contests in high jumping, putting the shot, etc., should come on Thursday evenings instead of Saturday afternoons. It was hoped that by this means more men would find it convenient to enter the costests. Contrary to this expectation, however, at the meeting Thursday evening only those men appeared who had entered the contests on Saturday afternoons...