Word: yards
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...best English record is 21 min. 36 sec. by Venn, and the best American hitherto was 22 min. and 9 1/3 sec. by Armstrong. The track used was nine laps to the mile, and with very short corners. At the same meeting, out of five heats in a 75-yard handicap there were three dead-heats, - a silent compliment to the efficiency of the handicapper...
...exasperating when at last I have succeeded in obtaining from the library a long-coveted book, and am hurrying to my room to indulge in the rich treat in store, to meet a real Socrates, who buttonholes me through the Yard, persisting in lecturing me on the Antwerp galleries, which he had visited last vacation, when the criticisms of a Ruskin or a Reynolds might have been enjoyed instead...
...person will be admitted to Sanders Theatre, or to the exercises at the Tree, without a reserved seat; and no gentleman to Memorial Hall, President's reception, or the Yard in the evening, without a ticket...
...carriages or teams will be allowed in the Yard after 12 M., and none will be allowed to stand in the Yard at any time...
...order to assist the Committee in carrying out their plans, and render the roping-in of the Yard effectual, the students are requested to conform strictly to the above arrangements...