Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three seniors, led by William H. Chrisman, 2nd '55, completed the 59th annual Boston Marathon yesterday, but a freshman and a Divinity School student were forced to drop...
Perhaps the most amazing feat of the day, however, was turned in the Frederic P. Anderson '58. Anderson, who has never gone out for track, suddenly decided to enter the Marathon about a week ago. On Saturday he took his first warm-up session and jogged five miles around the athletic fields. Thus prepared, he managed to complete 21 miles of the gruelling course until he "just couldn't take another stop." A kingly spectator drove him the rest of the way in to the finish line...
...Harvard students will compete with more than 200 foreign and American stars in the colorful Boston Marathon tomorrow. Seniors James J. Pates, Jr. and William H. Chrisman, 2nd will enter the event for the second and third times respectively. Chrisman placed 88th and Pates 99th in last year's Marathon...
...Marathon affords several distractions for the runners. Besides the Wellesley students who traditionally show up on masse at the course's half-way point, an additional 750,000 spectators are expected to line the whole route...
Although other kinds of marathons were dreamed up, including even a haircutting marathon for barbers, the bercethon really caught on. Local dignitaries presided as judges. Business firms sponsored entries. Prizes, raised by contributions from eager crowds, ranged up to $1,000 for the contestant who could stay awake, rest only three minutes every three hours, keep one foot on the floor at all times, and outrock his rivals. The current champion is Aime Lavoie, a 33-year-old Cap St. Ignace deckhand, who rocked for 81 hours, 3 minutes and 52 seconds...