Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...eleven went up to Exeter Saturday afternoon, accompanied by only eight freshmen. In the first three quarters they out-played Exeter at every point, accepting all chances, and keeping their opponents within their twenty-five yard line most of the time. By compelling them to make a safety, at the end of the first three-quarters the score stood, Harvard freshman 2, Exeter...
...YARDS DASH.Then came the 100-yard dash, in which three heats were run. The men in the first heat with their handicaps were as follows: D. D. Smith, '86, scratch; E. H. Rogers, '87, 1 yard; W. S. Scott, '89, 4 yards; L. S. Thayer, '88, 4 yards. A fine start was had and a very pretty race was made. The men were well bunched at the finish, but Thayer was first to cross, a foot ahead of Rogers. Time, 10 3-4s. In the second heat, J. W. Merrill, Jr., '89, 5 yards; N. A. Phillips...
PUTTING THE SHOT.Simultaneously with the 100-yard dash came the putting of the 16-pound shot. The contestants were R. C. Clark, '86, D. B. Chamberlain, '86, J. T. Davis, '89, and G. L. Hunter, '89. This was finally won by Clark with a record of 36 feet 8 1-2 inches. Chamberlain took second place with a put of 34 feet 5 inches. Hunter was third and Davis last. Clark's put was 3 1-2 inches less than his record last spring. The record in this event is 37 feet 10 inches by Cuzner of McGill University, Canada...
...proctors, it is as yet early to express a decided opinion. The duties of this official are threefold, to maintain order in the buildings, in the yard, and in the examination room. They are different degrees of a power which in a scheme of self-government, the student should exercise. The practical difficulties attending this change are such, however, that careful thought should dictate the policy to be pursued...
...years gone by, during times of thawing, men have been not only delayed on their way to recitation, but even quite frequently obliged to turn back and give up their recitations entirely. We believe that it is good for college and students alike that the plank walks in the yard be both promptly and plentifully bestowed. These piers, stretching out from the various buildings into the rivers and seas, which our yard is heir to, are of inestimable value to the life and health of the students, and few men could be persuaded to set out for recitation...