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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rockaway Hunting Club hold an amateur athletic meeting on their grounds at Cedarhurst on Saturday, May 12. The events are to be the 100 yds, 440 yds, half-mile and mile runs, the broad and running high jumps, 120 yds. hurdle race and 5 miles cross country run, open to all amateurs, and a 220 yards flat race open to college under-graduates only. The H. A. A. has considered the advisability of sending on a team. It has resulted in giving the captain of the Mott Haven team power to send from one to six men according...
...seems a pity that the Monthly, while maintaining its standard as a publication of high literary ability, should so often disappoint its subscribers by not being ready for distribution at the expected time. When the Monthly was first started, the editors were prompt in fulfilling their obligations, but the policy of the present board seems to be one of continual procrastination. There is plenty of time for the editors to get their manuscripts ready for the press, and they are not subject to the same petty inconveniences as those who take charge of the college bi-weeklies. Even a delay...
...meeting of the trustees of Clark University, held recently, it was voted to begin the building of the second of the university buildings immediately. It will be over 200 feet long, three stories high, and will be used as a chemical laboratory...
...high jump will, of course, be taken by W. B. Page, of the University of Pennsylvania, who holds the world's record of 6 feet 4 inches. The broad jump will probably be again won by Shearman, '89, last year's winner. The pole vault lies between Quinn, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Shearman, '89. Quinn is reported to have vaulted 10 feet 6 inches, The hammer and shot events are both exceedingly doubtful. If the rowing authorities would allow Woodruff, '89, to compete in the latter event, he would probably be the winner; otherwise, Hunt...
...even if they do not perceive it, because, although wages are higher, the cost of living is raised by protection. Colonel Wright's careful statistics prove that while the cost of living is 17 per cent. greater here than in England, wages are 50 cent. higher. It is the high price of our labor that makes our products cost more than those of foreigners. If labor were to be regarded as a commodity to be bought and sold in the cheapest market, by all means let us have free trade that our wages may fall to the level of those...