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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hitchings 1M., G.L.J. Meylan Meylan '02 and C.D. Burchenal '01 won first, second and third places, respectively in the tournament last night to select a team to represent Harvard in the intercollegiate fencing tournament. A.M. Clapp 3M, has earned a place on the team by his previous record and did not fence last night. Hitchings and Meylan will fill the other two places on the team and Burchenal will act as substitute...
...Hall '04 broke the Freshman strength test record yesterday afternoon, making a total of 1371.8 kilograms. His test in detail is as follows: Capacity of lungs, 355 Strength of lungs, 31 Strength of Back, 320 Strength of legs, 560 Right forearm, 80 Left forearm, 70 Weight, 77.7 Push up, 15 Pull up, 25 Total, chest and upper arms, 310.8 Total test...
...regard to Mr. Carver's record of 2371.2 points which he is said to have made at Yale last June I can only state that no claim was made for him at that time by the gymnasium authorities of that institution. . . . The evidence that Mr. Carver did use 'straps' in making his record at Yale is so indisputable, that I am lost to know how to account for his denial of that fact. The most charitable view to take of the matter is that Mr. Carver thinks that the tests that he made at Yale and the test that...
...Sargent will lecture on the Inomotor at the Harvard Medical School tonight at eight o'clock. The lecture will be illustrated by lantern slides and by a stationary inomotor worked by C. G. Herbert 1L., holder of the intercollegiate strength test record. The lecture will be held under the auspices of the Boston Society of Medical Sciences, and members only will be admitted...
...Records were broken in the 1000 and 600-yards runs, Hennessey of Worcester lowering the time in the former from 2m. 30 1-5sec. to 2m. 29sec. and Perry, also of Worcester, running the latter in 1m. 20sec. two-fifths of a second below the previous record...