Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...account of the absence of C. Morgan '08, who has been rowing at stroke the University second crew went out as a four-oar yesterday afternoon. It is now probable that a coxless four-oar will be developed for the American Henley Regatta at Philadelphia on May 23, instead of an eight. Last year the second crew was not broken up into four oars until May 27, and this plan will therefore give the four-oar two more weeks than usual in which to prepare for the Yale race on June 25. E. Cutler was able to row yesterday after...
...twelfth annual convention of the Associated Harvard Clubs will open today at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia. Nearly 600 graduates are expected to be present. This evening a smoker will be held at the hotel, and tomorrow morning there will be the regular business session at which the newly organized Harvard Club of Boston will apply for admission. The Philadelphia Harvard Club will be in charge, and tomorrow afternoon will take the visiting delegates for a sail down Delaware...
...formal dinner will be held tomorrow evening, and President Eliot, as the representative of the University, will be the guest of honor. Mr. E. C. Felton '79, president of the Philadelphia Harvard Club, will preside, and Owen Wister '82 will act as toastmaster. Mr. H. H. Furness '88 will give the welcoming address, and the other speakers will be Mr. C. F. Adams '56, Mr. A. G. Fox '69, and Hon. A. E. Willson '69, governor of Kentucky. On Sunday there will be an excursion to Atlantic City...
...graduates, on the other hand, are even better united than the students. They are convening this week in Philadelphia, whence we trust may come some statement that will throw light on our tangled problem...
...fourteenth annual relay carnival of the University of Pennsylvania was held on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, last Saturday. Some very fine performances were made and two records broken. Captain W. R. Dray of Yale established a new world's record of 12 feet, 6 1-2 inches in the pole-vault, an inch better than his previous world's record made in the Harvard-Yale dual meet at New Haven last year. The University of Michigan won the two-mile relay championship in 8 minutes, 4 2-5 seconds, a new collegiate record...