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...Bancroft, '88; B. C. Henry, '86. Bancroft was the first to fall out. After him came Thayer and Clark respectively. Henry kicked 8 ft. 10 in., but failed to do anything more. Fogg won the cup by kicking 9 ft. 2 3.4 in., thus beating the record by 3 4 of aninch. After this, Fogg hitched and kicked 8 ft. 11 in., thus beating the previous record 8 ft. 6 in., which was made by himself at the last Technology sports...
...stoop to claiming what they have no right to. Yale rows but one race, and refuses all other challenges, and then claims the championship of all the colleges. If any college has a right to such claim, it is the University, for we have by far the best record of any. but we make no such claim...
...history of this sofa is a simple one. It did not come from England in the Mayflower, I am confident. The earliest record of it that I can obtain relates that it was presented to my grandmother, some sixty odd years ago, on her wedding day. Since then it has led a quiet, unpretending existence in the old house, until a year or so ago it was thought best to send it to college to receive those finishing touches that a university course alone can bestow. So now I recline upon it with my back against a cushion, while...
ROPE CLIMBING.G. A. Pudor, '86, had a walk-over in this event. In attempting to break the Harvard record, 20 7-8 seconds, he got entangled in the safety rope when near the ceiling, and lost a few seconds, finally reaching the top in 25 seconds. Mr. Pudor made a record of 22 3-4 seconds in this event last year...
...Bachelder, L. S., 8 inches; C. H. Atkinson. '85, scratch. The event was won by Cary, who cleared 6 ft., 7 1-2 in. Atkinson cleared 7 ft., 1 3 4 in., which is 2 inches less than what he made last year when he broke the record for this event...