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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...annual drill and dance of the Tech. freshman cadet corps takes place on May 11, in Mechanics building...
...spring meeting of the Harvard Athletic Association took place yesterday afternoon on Holmes Field. The Harvard record for the two mile bicycle race and for the pole vault were broken, but the east wind made the temperature too low for fast running...
...which was made in 3 minutes 11/2 seconds. On the next lap Davis and Bailey passed Brown whom they quickly left behind, but they were unable to get ahead of Greenleaf. On the last lap but one. Davis and Bailey passed Greenleaf who was thus forced to take third place. On the last lap Bailey made a beautiful spurt and when he crossed the line he was leading by about thirty feet. Time, 6 minutes and 1 second, which beats the best previous Harvard record by 11/2 seconds...
...mile run was the next event. The entries were A. H. Williams, '91, C. A. Davenport, '90, and W. C. Downs, '90. At the end of the first lap, Williams was first and Davenport second, but on the next lap, Downs took first place, which he held until the finish. When within twenty feet of the line, Davenport passed Williams and took second place. Downs' time was 4 minutes, 46 seconds...
...half-mile run were H F Grant, '92, J, L. Dodge, '91, G. L. Batchelder, '92 and G. W. Priest, '91. At the end of the first lap Grant was leading and Dodge, Batchelder, and Priest followed him in the order named. On the next lap Dodge took first place and won in 2 minutes, 9 seconds. Priest was second and Batchelder third...