Word: heights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates will continue training in the gymnasium until the first of April, when they will begin practice on the Harlem. W. Peet will coach them, and they will keep to barges until they have learned the stroke. The average age of the candidates is 18 years, the average height 5 feet 9 inches, and the average weight 146 1-4 pounds...
...freedom in choice of studies varies with the universities; in some the students can elect their studies from the very beginning; in others after two years. This so-called elective system, which has reached its height at Harvard, has been for many years, and is still, the subject of a warmly waged controversy turning upon the question whether Greek should be compulsory...
...basement are placed the bath rooms and the swimming tank, which are all that could be desired. For the purpose of Turkish baths there are five rooms finely decorated and furnished. The swimming tank is 41 feet long by 30 feet wide, and is kept constantly filled to a height of seven feet, with pure water. On the ground floor of the building are situated the offices, etc. The first floor contains the social apartments, which are equal to those of any club in the city. It is the purpose of the club to have its social features as well...
Fifty-one per cent. of the class are below the average height, which is 5 feet 7 4-5 inches. The sons of merchants are most numerous, being 39 in number, the sons of lawyers come next with 35; then come in order the sons of manufacturers, clergymen, farmers, bankers and brokers, and last the sons of mechanics...
...yards run, 1000-yards run, 2-mile run, quarter-mile walk, 4-mile walk, 200-yards hurdle race (12 hurdles, 2 ft. 6 in. high), one standing broad jump, three standing broad jumps, running hop, skip and jump, standing high jump, throwing 56-pound weight (thrown for height), kicking foot-ball (place kick), putting 24-pound shot, pole vaulting for distance...