Word: poled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...coast. Germany seizes the Aland Islands, which formerly belonged to Sweden and which command the northern entrance to the port of Stockholm and the exit from the Gulf of Bothnia, through which the largest part of Sweden's trade finds its outlet. Germany is reaching out almost to the Pole, demanding of Russia, the abandonment of claims to Spitzbergen and seeking a conference through which it can juggle Norway out of her colonization prospects with a view to developing the island's coal beds and phosphoric deposits...
Yale, while not so well off for experienced runners as Princeton, promises to furnish a strong team. G. F. Sweeney recently broke the indoor pole vault record by clearing 12 feet 2 inches, tying with Myers of Dartmouth. F. P. Heffelfinger, in the 440, and D. Aikenhead, in the 880, can be relied on to come in among the first in their respective events. Altogether, the Elis would appear to have a well-balanced team for the coming season...
...field events there will probably be a high jump and a 12-pound shot-put, but as there is not a single vaulter in the whole University this year there will be no pole vault on the program...
There are as yet no pole valuators in practice, and there is no necessity more evident than that for candidates in this event. The shot-put and the hurdles are also lacking in an available number of candidates...
...Friday afternoons, March 7 and 8. The competition in the meet will be only between members of the University, class and dormitory team A large number of events are on the schedule, including a few novice races. Also, if sufficient interest is shown, there will be a competition in pole vaulting. Blue books have been placed in the Freshman dormitories, Leavitt and Peirce's and the Union for men to sign who intend to take part in the carnival...