Word: exceptional
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...safety race is open to Rover type, rear driving safeties. The tandem safety race is open to Rover type rear-driving tandem wheels only. Any race in which the number of entries warrant it will be run in heats. The entrance fee is one dollar for each event except the interscholastic race for which it is fifty cents. Entries close Saturday...
RESERVED COURTS.6. The four middle courts of Jarvis Field will be reserved for the League. They are to be numbered one, two, three and four. Players engaging courts must take them in the order of their numbers. The reserved courts cannot be used before 2 p. m., except on Saturday when they are open for play...
...Wason, M. I. T, F, G. Curtis, '90, H. Bean, '91, and W. H. Duane, '92. All the men jumped easily as high as 4 feet 6 inches, when Wason and Curtis were obliged to make two attempts. At 4 feet 9 inches all the men failed except Crook who cleared the bar easily. It was then raised to 4 feet 10 3-4 inches, and finally to 5 feet, but Crook retired without clearing the latter height. Then the bar was lowered to 4 feet 8 inches again, and the contestants tried to decide for second place. None were...
...last five or six days the running track has been in good condition and has been used for practice by the Mott Haven candidates. Most of the men, except a few doubtful ones from '88, are now taking light exercise daily. There are not as many sprinters as usual now at work. For the quarter and half mile runs there are about the average number of candidates, and an unusually large number of mile runners. There is also a good outlook for the hurdle and bicycle races. The field sports are not so flourishing as those of the track. More...
...electric lights in the library. A thorough investigation of the subject showed that of the two methods now available for introducing electricity, one is dangerous, the other too expensive. The current which supplies the incandescent lights of Cambridge is the same as that used for the are lights, except that it is lessened by reducers. The reducers, however, may at any time get out of order and allow the full current of the street lights to pass through the connecting wires and set fire to the buildings it enters. A current taken from the electric railway system would have...