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...Running broad jump...
...Running broad jump...
...easily in 19 2/5 seconds. The other sports worthy of mention were: Throwing the hammer, won by Larkin of Princeton by a throw of 87 feet 1 inch; the running high jump, won by Conover of Columbia by a jump of 5 feet 8 1/4 inches; and the standing broad jump, won by Larkin of Princeton at 10 feet 3 inches, - all three being the best amateur records in America...
...first floor a broad hall will extend from the east entrance to the opposite side, bisected at right angles by a corridor running the entire length of the building. The vestibules, opposite each entrance, will be handsomely tiled. The outside main doors will be supplemented by six swinging ones just inside the hall, opening both ways, and handsomely finished in panels. The main hall will have a tiled floor throughout its entire length, while that of the long corridor will be of maple. This floor will contain six spacious recitation-rooms, suitably fitted up with platforms, blackboards four feet...
...second floor will contain nine recitation-rooms, similar to those below, and six professors' retiring-rooms, furnished like the others. A broad corridor, similar to the one below, will run from end to end of the building, at the southern extremity of which will be an iron staircase running to the attic, for use in case of fire...