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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...officers of the race were: Referee, Professor Alexander Agassiz; judge at start, Lieut. W. F. Kellog; judge at finish, Mr. Curtis Guild, Jr.; time keeper. Mr. Buckley; judge for Harvard, M. E. C. Storrow; judge for Athletic crew, Mr. R. F. Clark; judge for Union Club, Mr. R. C. Watson...
Tonight occur the annual theatricals given by the Conference Francaise. This society has from the start shown great activity, and the members have always taken great interest in everything which it has undertaken. The performance this evening promises to be a great success. We understand that the soclety will devote its receipts from the performance to defray the expenses of M. Coquelin's lecture lass fall. Tickets went very rapidly then, and we see no reason why many tickets should not be disposed of this evening. The plays are in modern French and can be readily understood by everyone having...
...mile bicycle race came next and proved to be the event of the meeting. The entries were K. Brown, '91, E. A. Bailey. '91. R, H. Davis, '91, W, B. Greenleaf, '92, and E. F. Rogers '90. At the start Greenleaf took the lead followed by Brown, Davis and Bailey in the order named. Their relative positions remained unchanged for the first mile, which was made in 3 minutes 11/2 seconds. On the next lap Davis and Bailey passed Brown whom they quickly left behind, but they were unable to get ahead of Greenleaf. On the last...
...entries for the 440 yards run were A. M. White, '92, E. Sturgis' '90, F. W. Burlingham, '91, R. R, Endicott, '90, and W. A. Martin S. S. Endicott took the lead at the start and held it to the finish winning in 53 3-5 seconds. Sturgis was some twenty feet behind Endicott, and Burlingham was third...
...yards dash was closely contested. The entries were F. B. Lord, '89, S. Wells, '91, J, P. Lee, '91, E. C. Moen, '91, and O. K. Hawes. '92. Lord got a fine start and for fully 100 yards was in the lead, but the pace of Lee and Moen was too fast for him and he dropped behind. Lee won beating Moen by about a foot. Wells was third and Hawes fourth. Time, 24 seconds...