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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second of the two high jumping contests arranged by the track team will be held this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock in the Gymnasium. As the contest will be a handicap event, all men wishing to enter should hand their names to Mr. Graham at the Gymnasium as early as possible in order to facilitate the handicapping. No man who has ever won a prize in jumping will be eligible, as the object of the competition is to bring out new material. Prizes will be given for first, second and third places...
...graduates, three prizes of two hundred dollars each, to be substituted for the single prize of three hundred dollars offered in previous years, are offered for an essay of high literary merit in a special field of learning. For the year 1904-1905, one prize will be offered in each of the following divisions: 1. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Engineering; 2. Biology, Geology and Anthropology; 3. Ancient Languages and Literature. Any holder of an academic degree who has been in residence in the Graduate School for one full year, may compete for these prizes...
...broad jump, and G. M. Goldsmith in the quarter-mile. The members of last year's team who will be able to compete this year are Captain R. E. Williams in the mile and half-mile, S. Rulon-Miller '07 in the dashes, N. B. Tooker '06 in the high jump, J. L. Eisele '06 in the two-mile, J. C. Atlee '07 in the quarter-mile, and J. E. Grimes '08 in the broad jump...
...meeting yesterday of the Rhodes-Scholarship Committee for Massachusetts, of which President Eliot is chairman, it was decided to admit graduates of secondary schools to the qualifying examinations. This will include graduates of high schools, academies, Latin schools and such private schools as prepare for college...
...first of two contests in high jumping, arranged in order to increase interest in that event, was held yesterday afternoon in the Gymnasium, and was won by B. T. Stephenson '08, who jumped 5 feet 4 1-2 inches. R. E. Somers '08 and N. E. Olds '05 tied for second place, with jumps of 5 feet 3 1-2 inches, Olds winning the place on a toss. Twenty men were entered in the contest and first, second and possibly third prizes will be given. The second contest will be held next Wednesday and will be a handicap event...