Word: olympian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pole-vault and 660-yard dash. A. C. Gilbert '08 M.S. cleared the bar at 10 feet 10 inches, while E. B. Parsons '07 won the 660-yard run from a field of six, among whom were M. W. Sheppard, and Paul Pilgrim, who won in the Olympian games at Athens last spring...
...Clark '96 gave an illustrated lecture in the Union last evening, on "Athletics." Mr. Clark traced briefly the development of form in track and field events, showing slides of the leading professional and amateur athletes. Pictures of the Olympian Games, illustrating the stadium and the procession of the victors with their diplomas and olive branches, were also shown...
...Living Room of the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock on "Athletics." Mr. Clark is especially well qualified to speak on this subject from his won personal experience. He was a member of the University track team during his four years in College; and at the Olympian games held in the summer of 1896, won first place in two of the events, the high and broad jumps. This year for the second time he is the holder of the Amateur Athletic Union all-round track championship...
...Clark was a member of the University track team during his four years in College; and at the Olympian games held in the summer of 1896, won first place in two of the events, the high and broad jumps. This year, for the second time, he is the holder of the Amateur Athletic Union all-round track championship...
...international committee on the Olympian games has decided to hold the next quadrennial meeting in 1904 in the United States. The games will be held either in New York or Chicago. The committee is now waiting to see which city offers the greater inducements before deciding definitely. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, one of those most interested in international athletics and the reviver of the Olympian games, is said to favor the selection of Chicago...