Word: reaches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interesting and less tedious. The other criticism is on the announcing of the heights as the bar is moved, as was done in the running jump. It is not fair to the jumpers, and it is not needed by the spectators. If a man is accustomed in practice to reach only a certain height, and he is told when jumping in public that he has reached that height, he is certain to be unnerved by it rather than aided. At the Union's recent meeting they refused to tell contestants what the height was, even when they wished to know...
...Jump, and his graceful and easy manner of jumping shows that he can go much higher with practice. The highest record here is 5 ft. 3 in., made by Mr. A. C. Denniston, '83, on Nov. 1, 1879. Owing to an unfortunate mistake, Mr. Denniston's entry failed to reach the Association in time for him to compete on Saturday as he had expected to. The meeting has been, on the whole, the most successful Winter Meeting ever held here, and the Association deserve the thanks of all members of the University for successful endeavors to promote Athletics at Harvard...
...whereupon the other replied, to my great satisfaction, "You should try and find out how much, not how little, the students know." I should have no fear of questions being unreasonable put by a wise, common-sense professor like this, whereas some learned men expect a student to reach in a few months the level of their own mature knowledge. - D. Hack Tuke, F. R. C. P., before the British...
...Tuesday evening, March 30, it is proposed to give in Sanders Theatre a Grand Popular Concert. The programme is to be of a popular character; the price of tickets, 75 cents, is obviously within the reach of all. The object of the concert is to remove the deficit in the proceeds of the University Symphony Concerts recently concluded. Hence we would urge upon the College at large the importance of a numerous attendance. We would particularly bring this concert to the notice of that large class of students who ask for popular music, and who have done little or nothing...
Samples of the aitegraph have been sent to the Ferocity, and I have offered them an elegant crayon portrait of myself for every five machines sold by them or their agents. It is my aim to reach every Harvard student, including the Annex...