Word: inch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...surprise was offered in the high jump when H. T. Dunker '25, with an allowance of 6 inches, won first place with a total height of 5 feet 11 inches. Second place went to H. R. Davis '23, one of the University pole vaulters, handicapped at 5 inches, with a net jump of 5 feet 10 inches. Charles Jenney Jr. '26, with a 4 inch handicap, and W. D. Mogey '26, with 10 inches, were tied at 5 feet 9 inches for third place, the former winning the jump...
...final event of the afternoon, the pole vault, was won by J. D. Martindale, who had a handicap of 8 inches, with a net height of 11 feet 5 inches. With one inch less, L. O. Combs '26, allowance 16 inches., gained second place, a tie for third place resulting when D. D. Reidy Jr. '23, with a 6 inch handicap, and W. T. Reidy '25, with 18 inches, both had a net height of 11 feet. The former won the toss...
...afternoon 22 men participated in the broad jump, the first event of the annual Winter Carnival, held in the baseball cage at Soldiers Field. The winner was C. A. C. Eastman '24 who, with an allowance of 3 1-2 feet, had a total jump of 21 feet 3 inches. This was one inch more than the best effort of S. B. Jones '26 and O. V. Wederbrand '25, each of whom had a handicap of 2 feet, and were tied for second place. The other men in the finals finished in the following order: A. J. Bronstein...
...from March 26 to 30 the Iowa will be used for a moving target for practice by the giant Mississippi, most powerful ship afloat. Under radio control she will be given a run for her life, dodging, turning and racing her engines in a final effort to escape. Five-inch guns, then 14-inch rifles will pour their fire into her. To prolong her agonies special shells will be used and wireless-controlled pumps will try to keep her above water. If by some desperate chance she survives, the once proud Iowa will be sold as junk. Night attacks upon...
...regard to King Lear as a character. Professor Kittredge concluded, "He is a true hero and every inch a king, even in madness when he rejects suggestions to flee. He never ceases to believe that the realm is his and he is its master. He is a man, a father, a king...