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...were not pressed by any formidable competitors. Neither man exerted himself and Howe won in 25 1-5 seconds. The second heat produced more competition. Gardner of Harvard, Craig of Michigan, Mayhew of Brown, and Robbins of Yale were the contestants. At the next to the last hurdle Robbins fell, leaving the race to Gardner and Craig. The former won in 24 1-5 seconds. Hartranft of Pennsylvania won the third heat in 24 3-5 seconds with Talcott of Cornell several yards behind. Dwight of Princeton had an easy time winning from O'Connell of Pennsylvania...
...superior training of the Freshmen was shown in the distance runs, in which they won all three places. In the two-mile run Kaynor of Yale, after putting up a determined fight for a place; was unable to hold the pace against the beating wind and rain, and fell on the sixth lap, leaving four Harvard men to finish the race. The 880-yard run was easily won by Fernald, with Yale men second and third. The time of 2 minutes, 3 4-5 seconds, was good against the wind...
...struggle, many who had left Harvard for the front returned to complete their course. Others there were who did not return, but died on the battlefield,--soldiers of the North and soldiers of the South. Memorial Hall was built as a tribute to the gallantry of those who fell fighting for the Union. Probably a greater number left Harvard to join Confederate ranks than fought in the war with Spain. Would it not be a fitting token of the cessation of strife and the knitting of severed bonds to establish a memorial to those sons of Harvard, no less...
Perhaps it is too much to expect that all these matters will be decided at one fell swoop, but we hope that they will be considered carefully and acted on as soon as possible...
...qualified for the finals in the 260-yard dash and a close race resulted, in which there were several collisions on the corners. L. H. Baker '11, G. E. Morrison '12, H. H. Heath '11, and F. Fallon '10 came to the last corner together, but Baker fell just before the tape, with the other men finishing in the good time of 32 seconds...