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...half-mile record has not undergone many changes. F. S. Sturgis '76 held this record in 1874 when he covered the distance in 2 minutes 52 1-2 seconds. In the next year, A. L. Lowell '77 cut 42 1-2 seconds from this time. Eleven years later, in 1896, W. H. Goodwin, Jr., '97 set up a new record of 1 minute 56 7-8 seconds. Although this is exceptionally fast time for the half mile run, yet this record was broken in less than a year by C. Hollister '97, who made the present record of 1 minute...
...minute and eighteen seconds have been clipped from the record in the mile-run since 1874. C. S. Bird '77 held this record, his time being 5 minutes 41 3-4 seconds. One year later, A. L. Lowell '77 lowered Bird's record to 5 minutes 2 1-2 seconds. In 1880 A. Thorndike '81 set up a record of 4 minutes 42 7-8 seconds, which was not broken for twelve years. G. Lowell '92 and R. Grant '97 reduced this time to 4 minutes 33 2-5 seconds and 4 minutes 26 1-5 seconds respectively. The record...
...mile record has not been lowered as much as might be expected. Since 1899 it has been reduced by one minute and eight seconds. E. W. Mills '01 held the first record in this distance of 10 minutes 32 2-5 seconds. In the same year H. B. Clark '01 sliced thirty-two seconds from Mills' record. In 1904 A. King '03 ran the distance in 9 minutes 54 1-5 seconds, two years later M. H. Stone '07 set up a new record of 9 minutes 49 4-5 seconds, and in 1909 H. Jacques, Jr., '11 broke Stone...
Since J. B. Keys '77 made the first record in the broad-jump of 15 feet 8 1-2 inches, seven feet and three inches have been added by following athletes. At the present time, T. Cable '13 holds the broad-jump record of 22 feet 1 3-4 inches, made...
...Danforth '77 made a record in the high-jump of 4 feet 8 inches. Since that time one foot six and one-quarter inches have been added. G. R. Fearing '93 made a jump of 6 feet 2 1-4 inches in 1891, which has not been broken since...