Word: roped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rope Climbing...
...Rope Climbing - F. W. Kaan, '83; S. L. Foster, '85; J. Marquand, '85; O. G. Burgess...
through after all, but by one or two judicious heaves and a tight grip on the rope, '83 kept the ball at six inches until the five minutes...
...winter meetings was held Saturday. '83 won the tug-of-war from '84 by three inches after a close struggle. The other events were: vaulting, in which the record made was 6 ft. 7 in.; horizontal bar; standing high jump, won by Brooks, '85, 4 ft. 7 1/4 in.; rope climbing; high kick, 8 ft. 5 in.; running high jump, also won by Brooks, 5 ft. 1/2 in.; fencing; light-weight sparring; closing with an exhibition of sparring between W. C. Camp and H. Knapp...
Harvard has for some time been calling for fire-escapes. The authorities have heeded the call and will supply each room with a strong staple and rope. No doubt the first freshman that tries the escape will jump from the window with one end of the rope tied to the staple and the other around his body. The philosophical soph will run down stairs to tie it around a tree, and then go back to slide down. The junior will not need the rope, for he will be down at Carl Mattes' until all the fires on the premises have...