Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yard dash, S. S. Derrickson, School of Medicine; E. B. LaFetra, '87; quarter-mile run, H. M. Banks, Jr., '89, School of Arts; half-mile run, H. Y. Smith, S. of Med.; pole vault, A. Stevens, '87, S. of Mines, who won first place in that event last year; high jump, G. Richards, '87, 'S. of A., who won second place last year; broad jump, Douglass Ewell, '88, S. of A.; hurdle, H. Mapes, '90, S. of A.; bicycle race, C. H. McGuire, '89, S. of A., E. H. Hornbostel, '90, S. of A., and H. F. Hornbostel...
...gives us great pleasure after our week's vacation to note the changes that have been made about the college yard with the view of improving the appearance of the turf. In many places the earth has been upturned, carefully raked and put in readiness to receive the flowers and shrubbery which, we understand, are to be planted in a few days. Along the edges of the grass plots where the grass has been rudely worn down, fresh sods have been placed. The flower beds have been laid in many instances close to the corners of the college buildings, along...
During the recess, the college slaves have been making extensive preparations for the new shrubs which are to be laid out in the yard. The barren south side of Grays is to have a facade of green also...
...always a sweet springtide of happiness. The time of winter, of snow and hail, cold winds and frosts is all past. This Easter vacation has put a long distance between all that and the present fair days. Now come the delicious siestas after dinner under the trees of the yard, while we smoke philosophically and listen to the glee club. Now is the tennis, the ball games, the boating and the cool winds blowing into our open windows. Ah! ye gods! why can this not last always...
...present time. Those who won first prize at the Polo Grounds last May were the tug-of-war team, composed of Easton, L. S. (anchor), Chase, '88, Pendon, '88, and Pease, '88, who, in the final heat, pulled Yale 2 feet 6 inches; Emery Rogers, '87, in the 100-yard dash; Wendell Baker, '85, in the 220-yard dash; Wells, '86, in the quarter-mile run, and Wright, '86, in the mile walk. Second prizes went to H. L. Clark, '87, in the running high jump; R. D. Smith, '86, in the running broad jump; D. B. Chamberlain...