Word: surpass
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Truman Ford gave the best exhibition of the meet, pole vaulting 11 ft., 6 in. to surpass the old record by two feet. MacKinnon with firsts in both hurdles and a first place tie with Pirnie in the 160 yd. dash was the high scorer of the meet, and broke the records in two of the events. Pirnie also broke the record in the broad jump, jumping...
...What To Do and How To Do It, an exciting manual on kites, knot-tying, boats, trapping, taxidermy, etc., etc. Published in 1882, while Beard was attending Manhattan art school, it made Dan Beard's reputation as a boy's man which even Teddy Roosevelt could not surpass, blazed the way for his Boy Pioneers and Sons of Daniel Boone (forerunners of the Boy Scouts) started as a promotion stunt when he became editor of Recreation...
...will be Harvard's place in the new order? It is surely to be hoped that men of the crimson will prove fully as red-blooded and virile as the sons of San Jose State and B. U. But if they aren't, if a Harvard man fails to surpass the B. U. mark of 15 kisses in 15 tries, then the apprehension of the alumni, now gathered in New Orleans, will have to be considered. There will certainly be some trying moments for President Conant this weekend if a deputation of worried grads buttonholes him in the middle...
Last week all the top Akron rubber executives were unanimous in believing that their new products would eventually surpass tires and tubes in dollar volume...
Drawing its talent from more than seven Harvard and Radcliffe organizations, the opera is expected by its sponsors to surpass the production of last year. General manager of the performance is Lawrence F. Ebb '39, while Courtland Canby 2G will conduct the music and Alan S. Downer 5G will direct the acting. Miss Katherine Schroeder with the assistance of Miss Helon Mayor, Radcliffe '38 will put the dancers through their paces...