Word: puts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Another Exeter record was beaten in the standing high jump, Shead clearing 4 feet, 8 1-4 inches. Heywood was second. The tumbling was entered by ten men, and was another well-contested event. Word, '90, and S. G. Wood, '89, won first and seccond places respectively. The shot putting contest was a surprise to all. Ford entered as a favor to the other contestants, and without training, won with a put of 31 feet, 5 inches. The usual movements on the parallel bar were well executed, and Word, '90, and Greeley, '92, were the winners. The last record...
...large float has been put in place at the boat-house. The gang-ways will be ready within...
...novel astronomical instrument has been prepared for the observatory and is now about to be put into use. This "horizontal telescope," as it is called, is the first on record, though the principles on which it is based are not new. It was planned by Professor E. C. Pickering and constructed by Mr. G. B. Clark, of the celebrated firm of Cambridge telescope makers. Its chief use will be for photometric observations, especially in classifying the stars into three groups, those visible to the naked eye, the catalogue stars or those from the sixth to the ninth magnitude, and those...
...Stickney put the shot 34 feet, 6 inches, in the Tech. games last Saturday...
...last time on Saturday, and this afternoon it will begin rowing on the river. The Charles was entirely free from ice, and almost the only difficulty which the crews met was in launching the barges from the small float. The large float is in readiness to be put in position and it is expected that it will be put in the water today or tomorrow...