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...last event of the day was the throwing of the 56-lb. weight (distance and height). The contestants were H. B. Gibson, '88; D. C. Clark, '86; and D. B. Chamberlain, '86. Chamberlain threw both further and higher than his rivals, and easily won the event. He threw in length 21ft. 7in., and in height just 10ft. Best amateur record, distance 26ft. 3 1-4in., height, 11ft...
...gallop about the field makes it seem as if there were many more. Last Friday the play, influenced perhaps by the pressure of a number of spectators, was exceptionally fine. Morris, '85, made a number of brilliant plays, twice outriding all his competitors and carrying the ball the whole length of the field, scored goal...
...first there was no wind, but when about half over the course a light breeze sprang up. The race was close throughout between Messrs. Webster and Proctor, the latter leading till near the finish, when the wind died away and Mr. Webster won by half a length. The two Dunhams were way behind, Mr. T. Dunham finally coming in third. Handsome silk banners were presented to Messrs. Webster and Proctor...
...race. In the first fifty yards Colony and Mumford began to draw ahead, and when the crews were abreast of the boat-house it could be seen that the finish would result in a lapping race. At this point Mumford was leading Colony by half a length, with Harris a good third, and Porter last, but lapping Harris. All the crews spurted desperately over the last hundred yards of the course, but the order was not changed, and Mumford sent his barge over the line a quarter length ahead of Colony, who had Harris by nearly a length. Porter brought...
...with the accessory idea of lack of instructors. The English department has attempted by a new system of reckoning to bridge the difficulty. It is now determined that those juniors who have elected composition courses instead of writing the junior themes, shall write a thesis which shall equal in length the combined six themes. Of course it is very plain that it is easier to read and correct one long theme than it is to correct several short ones, aggregating the same length. Thus the affair is settled, and will, of course, prove highly successful...