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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Office at 1.30 o'clock. As in former years the competition will extend through the full season, the appointment being made on the night of the Harvard-Yale game. The work during the spring will consist of writing letters gathering statistics, and solving various problems designed to test the candidates ingenuity and general ability. All of this can be done in the evening and requires no previous experience in work of this sort. During the spring practice, March 29 to April 16, inclusive, there will be work around the field every afternoon except Saturday...
...breaking his former score of 1437.6 points, G. A. Davis 2L., established a new University strength test record at Hemenway Gymnasium Wednesday with a total of 1593.8 points. Previous to Davis's record-breaking trial several weeks ago, H. R. Hardwick '15 had the University strength test record with 1257 points...
...University swimming team will have its first real test of the season when it competes with the Cornell University team at the Boston Young Men's Christian Association tank tonight at 8 o'clock. At the same time the Freshman swimmers will meet the Mechanic Arts High School team, and in this contest also there will be very close races. The prices of admission will be 25 and 50 cents. Tickets may be obtained at the H. A. A. Office, Leavitt & Peirce's or at the door tonight...
Captain Denegre, of the Yale crew was also against the shortening of the race. He made the following statement: "In regard to the four-mile race I am in favor of it because I consider it a better test of skill in rowing and coaching, and as a better test of endurance and general ship. In the consideration of this question I think we should place some value in past tradition and in the fact that four miles has been the established distance. The three-mile race is an untried thing. My opinion is that it would develop into more...
...members of Princeton University are required to pass a stipulated test in swimming before they are eligible to receive diplomas. This rule was put into effect with the class entering in 1911 and so will apply to the present senior class at Princeton. The test requires every man to swim 200 yards using the back stroke and one other recognized stroke. It was found that about 60 men in each class were unable to swim at all and about 100 were poor swimmers and from this it was thought expedient to introduce some rule to overcome this. In England, Germany...