Word: mile
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Three men representing the Columbia debating team will take an 8,000-mile cross-continental trip during their Easter vacation. This will be the first long trip ever taken by a debating team it this country. The three men who will take the trip are: Douglas M. Black 1916, James W. Danahy 1917, manager and Edward M. Earle...
...race is to be rowed under the rule that if either crew is disabled by a bona fide accident during the first half-mile, the crews shall be recalled...
...driving it with the tail horizontal. Handling the engine properly is also taught. The next step is to another "penguin," this time of 35 horsepower. Not until near perfection is reached is the third step, to a 35 horsepower Bleriot monoplane, permitted. This machine is flown about a quarter mile in a straight flight, rising from the ground only to the approximate height of 30 feet. The fourth class of aeroplane is a more powerful, 45-horsepower Bleriot, which rises to a height of 100 feet. The novice must fly a mile in this and bring it to a landing...
...race at the Hartford Armory meet in 34 1-5 seconds; A. Biddle '16, who tied with Scudder of Pennsylvania in the 600-yard race at the same meet, the time being 1 minute 20 seconds; and J. Coggeshall '18, who, with a 90-yard handicap, captured the one-mile race in the good time of 4 minutes 10 2-5 seconds at the Meadowbrook Club meet...
...looking ahead towards the spring season, and considering the chances for a winning team, it appears that the University will be strong in all track events, especially the dashes, quarter-mile and half-mile, but weak in the hurdles and field events. In the one-mile and two-mile events, Harvard will have point winners as well...