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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Captain Murray of Stanford ranked second to the Pennsylvania captain as regards individual honors. Not only did he win both hurdles in perfect form, but he set a new intercollegiate record in the high hurdles of 15 seconds. The former record of 15 1-5 seconds was made by Shaw of Dartmouth...
Another remarkable performance was Windnagle's winning of the mile in 4 minutes 15 seconds, only three-fifths of a second behind the mark set by John Paul Jones in 1913. Although not hard pressed, the Cornell runner finished with a great burst of speed...
...indications of the postcard campaign predict that the Gymnasium Fund will be available in financing the Union Swimming Pool. Since 1918 and 1919 have not yet contributed, it seems reasonable to expect that they will preserve the standard set by preceding classes. Their obligation to give liberally is particularly binding, for they will be able to use the pool for three years...
...forthcoming books 18 are already in press and will be placed on sale in the course of a few weeks, while five are still in preparation. The most important of the former are a set of six volumes on "Papers and Addresses by Elihu Root," edited by Robert Bacon '80 and James Brown Scoot '90. These will consist of his lectures, his addresses, formal and informal, and the state papers written in the performance of his duties as an executive officer of the United States. These latter include his reports as Secretary of War, his instructions as Secretary of State...
...University tennis team was defeated by the Longwood Cricket Club, 7 matches to 2, on Divinity Field, yesterday afternoon. Without an exception, the matches were very close, four of them requiring three-set decisions. The best of the individual matches, in point of the class of tennis exhibited, was that in which Captain R. N. Williams, 2d, '16 defeated N. W. Niles '09, 6-4, 6-4. G. P. Gardner '10 and G. C. Caner '17 played the closest match of the occasion, Gardner winning by the score of 7-5, 12-14, 6-4. Every point was hotly contested...