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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fifth annual Dartmouth Winter Carnival was concluded Saturday. The times made in the various races were comparatively slow -- better speed being made in the practice on Thursday. The main feature of the intercollegiate contest was the ski-jumping. R. C. Paulsen, of New Hampshire State, Friday's winner in the ski cross-country race, made an exhibition leap in which he turned a complete somersault in the air, finishing this feat in perfect form...
Snow-shoe cross-country race.--W. D. Kipp, Dartmouth, first; C. B. Thompson, Dartmouth, second; and M. G. Sherburne, Dartmouth, third...
Captain H. A. Murray, Jr., '15, wrote as follows: "It has yet to be proved that a four-mile race is definitely injurious to college men of sound physique who have gone through five months of careful training. And, in my opinion, much investigation will have to be made before the question is decided one way or the other. In regard to changing the distance to three miles I do not believe it would lessen the strain on the men as the pace would naturally be more severe over the shorter course and the results would be about the same...
Captain Denegre, of the Yale crew was also against the shortening of the race. He made the following statement: "In regard to the four-mile race I am in favor of it because I consider it a better test of skill in rowing and coaching, and as a better test of endurance and general ship. In the consideration of this question I think we should place some value in past tradition and in the fact that four miles has been the established distance. The three-mile race is an untried thing. My opinion is that it would develop into more...
...next letters were from Princeton and Cornell, both of which were opposed to the four-mile race. The Princeton opinion was given by the manager of the crew and was a reflection of the general sentiment throughout the university. In contrast the Cornell letter was by a member of the physical department who upheld the view that the four-mile race is too strenuous on young men who are in their early twenties. These above opinions are a sample of the many submitted and show that the question among other colleges is still an open one and no doubt...