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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...result of continued rains the board track on Soldiers Field was altogether too slippery yesterday afternoon for the complete program of events as announced for the second day of the annual mid-winter track carnival to be run off. Only a small number of men responded to the summons for the interdormitory and interclass relay races, and it was decided, therefore, to hold only the seven-lap and the 20-lap handicap races for entrants from any class in the University. Both these runs were necessarily made in unusually slow time, as the contestants had great difficulty in keeping...
Because of the small number of contestants this year, the broad jump, which was originally included among today's events, will not take place. The usual interclass relay race has been curtailed, too, and the contest this afternoon will only be between the Freshmen and a team composed of Sophomores, Juniors and one Senior...
Late yesterday afternoon a small fire broke out on the second floor of Leavitt and Peirce's. The blaze, however, was extinguished before any appreciable damage was done. The firemen had to tear down a portion of a wall partition in order to prevent the smouldering flames from spreading. It is understood that the fire was started by a cigarette thrown on the floor...
Tomorrow the University will have the chance to hear the Reverend Cosmo Gordon Lang, the Archbishop of York. It is no small honor he is doing us by preaching here, as his schedule of public addresses is very limited. Already his appearances in New York and elsewhere have been attended by large crowds, and he has been received everywhere with the greatest enthusiasm...
...view of the small number of candidates which reported at the first practice and the time which has elapsed since the beginning of the track season, the outlook for both the University and Freshman squads is promising. There are still only a few out in proportion to the number in former years, but the material on hand, though not composed of experienced men, bids fair to develop a strong team...