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...class of '90 is the largest on record in Princeton, Rutgers, Lehigh, Cornell, Columbia and Smith...
...striking contrast to Harvard's defeats last year in athletics are the victories of our representatives in field sports; and foremost among these is the remarkable record of Mr. Wendell Baker, who may be justly called the champion amateur sprint runner of the world. The honor to Harvard and the pride which we must all feel alike in this success may alleviate in some degree the melancholy aspect of our other athletic sports. The college has only to regret that Mr. Baker has decided to allow the end of his college course likewise to end his career as a runner...
...Friday after Commencement was a perfect day for running; it was warm and still, and Wendell Baker, '86, had the good luck to have chosen it for his last attempt to lower records. Previously he had broken all the records from 100 to 220 yards, and on this occasion he intended to add the 80, 100, and 440 yards to the list. He did not succeed, however, in lowering the record for 100 yards, and had to content himself with tying...
...learn must become sagacity, and ambition for college honors must give place to a higher and nobler strife, to make college training a proper preparation for after life. But why need we offer the unprofitable advice of a younger brother? It is justly expected of us to say, "Your record is one of which you may be proud, and with you go our heartfelt wishes for success." This we do say and to it we add, that the work of which the members of eighty-six have shown themselves capable, justifies us in prophecying for them a brilliant future...
...must be borne in mind that on that day the conditions of the course were especially unfavorable. For a two mile contest from ten to twelve minutes, is good time. Two years ago the Columbia freshmen won in nine minutes and a fraction, but it is doubtful whether this record will be reached again, unless the course is in very good condition...