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Physics A. Lecture 7. Electricity of High Tension. Professor B. O. Peirce. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...THURSDAY.Physics A. Lecture 7. Electricity of High Tension. Professor B. O. Peirce. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
There were five entries for the standing high jump. S. Crook, Williams, L. C. Wason, M. I. T, F, G. Curtis, '90, H. Bean, '91, and W. H. Duane, '92. All the men jumped easily as high as 4 feet 6 inches, when Wason and Curtis were obliged to make two attempts. At 4 feet 9 inches all the men failed except Crook who cleared the bar easily. It was then raised to 4 feet 10 3-4 inches, and finally to 5 feet, but Crook retired without clearing the latter height. Then the bar was lowered to 4 feet...
...contestants in the running high jump were J. P. Lee, '91, T. G. Shearman, Yale, D. G. Tenney, Yale, and R. G. Leavitt, '89. Tenney was the first to drop out at 5 feet 5 1-4 inches. From this point the contest was extremely interesting, for first one man and then another failed on his first trial, but cleared the bar on his second or third attempt. Lee dropped out on 5 7 1-4 inches; Shearman cleared 5 feet, 8 inches, and won, as Leavitt, whose best jump was 5 feet 7 1-4 inches, could not reach...
...Rublee, L. S., and L. C. Wason, M. I. T., contested the running high kick. Rublee had some difficulty in reaching 8 feet 8 inches, but Wason kicked 9 feet without failing once...