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Dates: during 1880-1889
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George B. Gray, the champion shotputter, put the 16 pound shot 45 feet 2 inches last Friday, beating his American record of 44 feet 5 inches...
...meeting of the Harvard and Yale foot ball management was held at New Haven last Saturday. Yale was represented by Corbin, Gill and Rhodes, Harvard by Lowell and Cumnock. It was decided that the two captains should go to Springfield and arrange definitely about the grounds. Gill and Cumnock spent a day in Springfield, and had the field staked out. A car penter gave his price for building temporary grand stands and a contractor roughly estimated the cost of putting the field in condition to play the game. Until the field is surveyed the exact cost cannot be obtained...
...foot ball tournament ended yesterday. It was prevented from being finished last Tuesday by rain. The touroament has, in every way, been successful, for the appended scores show a marked increase, and it has had the desired effect of bringing out new men. The management is confident that there are many men who are capable of playing foot ball, but have never presented themselves as candidates. It is to be hoped that every man, who has ever played the game, or who is capable of doing so now, will come out next fall and try for the team...
...Crane won the first week with a score of 46 points; Chadwick the second with a score of 69 points, and J. Crane the third and last week with a score of 78 points. A cvp engraved with each winner's name and his score will be given to each of the three winners. The $250 graduates' cup for kicking, to be contested for next fall, will be on exhibition soon...
...Last evening Professor Shaler gave an informal talk concerning the opportunities of a career in practical Geology and Engineering. He said that he considered the outlook for geologists in this country to be a very promising one. The state surveys and those made by the government employ about 1500 men, who receive salaries ranging from $4000 a year downward. The pay a man may expect to receive his first year is about $50 a month and field expenses. One of the best tields for a geologist is in the mines. The salary of a mine superintendent in the eastern part...