Word: platt
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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MILE WALK-10 entries. Harvard: E. C. Wright, J. E, How. Yale: R. T. Platt. Princeton: F. S. Thompson. J. Hunter. U. of P.- W. H. Patterson, O. Chamberlain, J. M. Mitcheson, G. H. Smith...
...mile run, Harmar, '90, 4m. 32 2-5s. (this breaks the intercollegiate record of 4m. 36 4-5s.; 440 yards run, Sherrill, 53s.; 220 yards hurdle, Sweeney, '89. 28 3-5s., breaking Yale record of 29 1-2s.; one mile walk, Platt, '89, 7m. 38 2-5s.; 120-yards hurdle, Berger, '88, 17s.; half-mile run, Holton, 2m. 42 2-5s.; 220 yards dash, Robinson, '89, 23 2-5s.; two-mile bicycle race, Weare, '90, 6m. 46 1-5s.; running high jump, Shearman...
...Yale '88 and '89 class games were held Monday, April 30, and the following men were winners: '80-yards hurdle, Berger, 11 3-5; 120-yards hurdle, Berger, 17; 100-yards dash, Sherrill, 10 1-5; 440-yards dash, Hinckey, 55 2-5; half-mile run, Halton; mile walk, Platt, 7.31; running high jump, Shearman...
...Platt replied: The decline of American shipping was not caused by the tariff, but by the bad management of our bills and by the introduction of iron. A reduction of the tariff would cause great present loss to laborers, by forcing them to compete for employment in new industries...
...weekly meeting and in spite of the rainy weather, a fair attendance was present. The question for debate was, Resolved. That the Parochial School System is dangerous to American institutions. The vote on the merit of the question was taken. The result was, affirmative, 34; negative, 16. Mr. Platt, '88, was the first speaker for the affirmative. He contended that religion and education should be kept free from each other. Education belongs alone to the State and does not concern the church. If the parochial school system were adopted, the influence of the Catholic clergy would be exerted in compelling...