Word: meeting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...individual stars of the meet was Captain I. C. Dresser of Cornell who broke the Intercollegiate record for the two-mile run in a beautifully planned race, outdistancing all others by 100 yards. His time was 9 minutes, 22 2-5 seconds, which is 1 2-5 seconds better than the former record made by Hoffmire of Cornell in 1914, C. E. Johnson of Michigan, a remarkably versatile athlete, scored the largest number of points in the meet, winning the broad jump, placing second in the 100 yard dash, and tying for second in the running high jump. Dartmouth...
...program for compulsory physical training for Freshmen which has just been announced by the Faculty and now awaits final action by the Board of Governors, cannot fail to meet the approval of those who are interested in securing a higher physical standard among college men. That there is an urgent need for a different system of such training, in which undergraduates must participate, has been conclusively shown by the records of military service examinations throughout the United States...
Spectators of Saturday's contest were treated to a surprise. Expecting little, they saw a consistently excellent meet, in addition to the establishing of a new two mile record. It speaks well for the athletes returning to college from war service that with so little training they should approach so near the records...
...years is no argument that this cup winning habit cannot be broken. Within a like period, the University took first honors eleven seasons. However such a boast is no excuse for present shortcomings. The information is given with the expectation that Harvard will lay plans for next year's meet...
...addition to W. Moore, Ooc., captain of the University track team, whose selection as a competitor in the inter-allied athletic meet has already been announced in the CRIMSON, the University will be represented by R. W. Harwood '20, who was also chosen to take part in the games. These men have been granted permission to take examinations at a later date and are leaving college for New York today, from where they will sail for France tomorrow with the other members of the United States team...