Word: record
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...twelfth annual indoor meet of the Boston Athletic Association on Saturday night brought out some close and exciting contests, in two of which records were broken. The best showing by Harvard men was made in the relay races, in which the University team easily defeated Pennsylvania, breaking the indoor record. The interclass relay races were won by the Sophomores in fast time. In the other events Harvard won one first and three third places. Although the men entered in the B. A. A. games last year won more events, this can be accounted for by the fact that the best...
...about 40 yards over M. J. Westney, which was increased to almost half a lap by E. C. Rust '04. J. G. Wills '02 also gained on the last relay and won the race by over half a lap. The time, 3m. 11 1-5a., lowers the record held by Georgetown by one-fifth of a second...
...Webb '01, R. P. Kernan '03 and B. C. Lancy '03 won their preliminary heats. The final heat was very exciting as R. G. Leonard of Newton High School, with a handicap of 8 feet, won by a few inches from A. F. Duffey of Georgetown, the record of 4 3-5 seconds, B. C. Lancy '03 was unplaced...
...similar to that of Kiel in Europe. The routine work done here, on a scale impossible at smaller stations, has been the chief cause of the reputation which the Harvard Observatory has won. Especially well-known is the practice of photographing the heavens to secure a permanent and comprehensive record of star-movements. The number of photographs which have so far been secured with the various telescopes is as follows: Eleven inch Draper, 12,872; eight inch Draper, 25,- 890; thirteen inch Boyden, 10,214; eight inch Bache, 26,339; twenty-four inch, Bruce...
...given at the end of each month to the man holding the highest score. The first two cups were won by A. D. Wyman '01 and E. D. Fullerton 3L. At the end of the year a cup will also be given to the man having the best average record for the year...