Word: medal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Gold Best-on-Record Medal will be awarded to any one breaking the Harvard record in any event...
...Lippincott prize" of $50 for best article on "Social Life at Princeton" was won by E. M. Hopkins, '88. The "Lit" poetry prize was given to Drummond, '88. In the Whig Hall soph. oratorical contest, Mitchell took first medal; Chase, second. J. Williams, in Whig Hall senior prize essay, first prize; Whittaker, '88, favorable mention. Freshman prize essay Whig Hall, first, Baxter; second, Charlton. Clio Hall, first, Chambers; second, Jeakle...
...Saturday the contest for medals to be given those making the best records in the pole-vault and putting the shot were held in the gymnasium. Gibson put the shot 32 feet 5 1-2 inches; Bowen; 31 feet 7 1-2 inches; Manley, 31 feet 4 1-2 inches. In the pole-vault, Leavitt cleared 9 feet 3 inches; Craig, 9 feet; Wheelwright, 8 feet 6 inches, and Dickerman, 7 feet 6 inches. The Athletic Association has decided to offer a medal for general improvement in each of the events...
...elected: President, R. Faries of the University of Pennsylvania; vice-president, F. B. Stevens of Stevens College; secretary, W. M. Spalding of Princeton; treasurer, L. D. Godshall of Lafayette; executive committee, G. B. Winthrop and William Maurice. It was decided to offer a standing prize of a $50 gold medal for breaking records. As the association only holds in trust the prize known as the Harvard cup, it was decided to have a standard for it to be inscribed suitably for each new winner during the time of tour. Inter-Collegiate records are to stand alone as records in future...
...customary, two prizes will be given in each match; the first a silver cup, the second a silver medal. Take the 1.30 car for Watertown...