Word: vaulting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chin, who has been its head since 1927, has grown from a single room in Widener Library containing only 4,000 volumes to a collection of 160,000 books covering the entire basement of Boylston. There the new additions, piled ceiling-high in the department's rare book vault, have not yet been unpacked since they arrived only two months...
High jumpers Michael Zara and John Bunker tied for first in the high jump at 5 feet 7 inches, and Paul Rodgers copped the pole vault at 9 feet 6 inches...
Track mentors Jaako Mikkola and Bill Neufeld are mildly optimistic about 1942's tract outlook, but are worried about the weight events and particularly the pole vault...
...featured, including an 80-yd. dash, 160 yd. dash, 330-yard run, 660-yard run, three-quarters of a mile, a mile and a half run, 80-yard hurdles, and 120-yard lows. Field events will include the high jump, broad jump, 12-pound shot, 30-pound weight. pole vault, javelin, and discus. A three-man dash relay team is also planned for each dormitory. Blue books are located in the Union, Dudley Hall, and at the Field House, in which participants are to sign...
...Austrian family named Wurschinger. In 1927, Alfred Wurschinger, an importer, brought the relic to the U. S., was offered $65,000 for it when news of it got into the press. Unwilling to sell, Owner Wurschinger insured the fragment for $100,000, put it in a safe deposit vault. Last week, unable to shoulder the expense and worry any longer, Mr. Wurschinger announced he would give the holy relic to any church, religious order or museum which would undertake to expose it to reverent eyes during future centuries. At week's end, Mr. Wurschinger's agent had received...