Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ground to a distance of fifty feet, so that they must have expected them to jump that far. After the leaping came the javelin throwing, in which the object was distance, not accuracy in hitting a certain mark. The javelin was light, and had no head, and was thrown by a thong. In this event the three men who made the shortest throws were dropped out. Next the foot race was held; this was the most primitive of all the contests, and for a long time was the only event at the Olympic games. From this fact came the custom...
...fall of 1879 that the doors of the Harvard Annex were for the first time thrown open to the young ladies of America. The wish, so long cherished by mothers and fathers, of giving their daughters the same advantages in the way of instruction as were enjoyed by their sons at the foremost institution of learning on the continent, was at last realized. An attempt has been made to induce the Corporation of Harvard University to allow the entrance of young ladies on the same terms with young men; but the conservative body of august men was suffering from...
...fires? Several years ago the authorities, tired of being reminded that the lives of the students under their charge were in imminent danger in case of fire, had a trial of fire escapes to appease the clamors, then put staples in the rooms on the top stories, and, having thrown this sop to Cerberus, let the whole matter drop...
Hines has made several attempts to catch a ball thrown from the Washington monument. In one instance he did not judge within thirty feet of where the ball would land; at another he caught the ball unexpectedly, but only held it for a second...
...spoke as principal disputants, aff., E. W. Frost, L. S., and E. I. Smith, '85, neg., A. G. Webster, '85, and O. F. Hibbard, L. S. On the vote on the merits of argument of principal disputants, the affirmative received 33 votes, the negative 1. When the debate was thrown open to the house, the following gentlemen spoke from the floor, aff., Messrs. Sanford, '85, Robinson, '87, Hobson, '86, Rich, '87 Garrison, '88, Carrier, '85, Hallowell, '88, neg., Jennings, L. S. S., Hansen, '85, Davis, '85, Griffen, '88, Mack, L. S., Sternbergh, '87, Merriam, '86, Parker, '85, and Hammerslough...