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...interclass games yesterday afternoon, though not remarkable for the records made, were yet very satisfactory. Ninety-seven in particular showed up well, winning the games by a margin of five points over ninety-five, who came second, with ninety-four third and ninety-six last, Only one record was broken. In the two mile bicycle race, F. S. Elliot '95 lowered the previous Harvard time by two-fifths of a second, covering the distance in five minutes and thirty-one seconds. The events were as follows...
Pole vault, won by H. M. Wheelwright '94; second, W. E. Putnam, Jr., '96; third, E. A. Mott-Smith '95. Height, 10ft. 5 1-2 in., equalling the former Harvard record...
Oxford won the recent field day with Cambridge, taking 6 events to the latter's 3. Lutyens of Cambridge broke the best Oxford-Cambridge record in the mile run. Following is a summary of the events...
Since 1864 Oxford has won 140 firsts and 141 seconds. Cambridge's record is 139 firsts and 130 seconds...
Seventeen years ago only 57 per cent. of all the college students used the library. In the last year, of the 1449 undergraduates only 299 failed to borrow books, and of this number 250 drew out "reserved books," of which no record was made at the General Delivery. This reduces the number of students, who made no recorded use of the library to 41 out of a total...