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...Throwing hammer. 6. Running broad jump...

Author: By Class Secretary., | Title: Epigram. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

...Running Broad-Jump. - F. B. Keene, '79, who was the only contestant, jumped 14 ft. 8 in., and received...

Author: By G. H. D., | Title: FIELD MEETING OF THE H. A. A. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

...following is the order of events of the H. A. A. next Friday: 1. half-mile run; 2. mile walk; 3. one hundred yards' dash; 4. running broad jump; 5. one mile run; 6. hurdle race (120 yards); 7. one fourth mile run; 8. potato race; 9. three-legged race; 10. bicycle race (three miles). Contestants are reminded that if they do not appear within five minutes after the bell is rung, they will positively be excluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/17/1878 | See Source »

...mistaken; in my classical elective we at once began a systematic omission of everything which could be twisted into a broad allusion. Of course, it is not desirable to read a passage which is merely indecent; but to omit one simply on account of a word which is not used in society, is certainly straining the point a little. It is like the use of "limb" for "leg," "retire" for "go to bed," and other similar absurdities, and reminds me of Moliere's prude, who had the bare limbs in pictures carefully covered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRUDERY. | 5/17/1878 | See Source »

...which the table at Morgan's has subscribed for a cup, he will guarantee $15 more for a mile-run. Now, won't the Advocate attend to the mile-walk, the Lampoon to the hurdle-race, and some of the club tables to the hundred-yards, two-mile run, broad jump, high jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/3/1878 | See Source »

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