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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...individual stars of the meet was Captain I. C. Dresser of Cornell who broke the Intercollegiate record for the two-mile run in a beautifully planned race, outdistancing all others by 100 yards. His time was 9 minutes, 22 2-5 seconds, which is 1 2-5 seconds better than the former record made by Hoffmire of Cornell in 1914, C. E. Johnson of Michigan, a remarkably versatile athlete, scored the largest number of points in the meet, winning the broad jump, placing second in the 100 yard dash, and tying for second in the running high jump. Dartmouth...
Spectators of Saturday's contest were treated to a surprise. Expecting little, they saw a consistently excellent meet, in addition to the establishing of a new two mile record. It speaks well for the athletes returning to college from war service that with so little training they should approach so near the records...
...Landon, Yale), with J. A. Ramsay of Cornell, clearing 5 feet, 9 inches. H. C. Flower '19 found stiff competition in the broad jump against Johnson of Michigan and Le Gendre of Georgetown, but won third place by a jump of 22 feet, 8 3-4 inches. Myers' record in the pole-vault was just 6 inches higher than that of R. W. Harwood '20 who tied with three others for third. In the shot-put and hammer-throw G. A. Clark '19 and A. Stevens '19 added to the University's total by placing fourth and fifth respectively. Braden...
...telegram has been received at Military headquarters here from Major-General Barnett, Chief of the Marine Corps, urging the enlistment of discharged soldiers for service overseas this summer. Such enlistments are for a period of four years, with notation on service record that men are to be discharged on their return to the United States in the fall. No definite promise of return and discharge in time for the opening days of College next fall, however, can be given...
...would require discharge and readmittance later. Such discharge can be made by agreement between the Professor of Military Science and the head of the College. No assurance can be given of credit for this service toward prescribed R. O. T. C. camps, but the record of such service can be submitted after readmission...