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...Dolomites are not as dangerous as the Swiss snow-clad mountains. In the Tyrol they are from 10,000 to 12,000 feet high, and with one exception have a rocky surface. The climbing party is equipped with a rope and iron-nailed shoes. At 3 o'clock in the morning they start out and climb till noon. This is usually long enough to scale a mountain in the Tyrol. Before starting, the sky line is scanned closely. Clouds from the Italian horizon are a bad omen. Not until the clouds have parted from the mountain peaks, do the natives...
...planes. Up and down motion as well as transverse stability is governed by two transverse planes on the front of the machine; and a small triangular plane, also in front, gives lateral direction. The levers for control of elevation are held in either hand of the operator, and the rope governing the lateral plane is controlled by the movements of his body...
...Rope climbing--Won by B. M. Vance '08; second, E. B. Smith '08; third, R. F. Hoyt '10, Time...
...three-legged race and sack race furnished much amusement. The former was won by J. P. Long '11 and O. M. Chadwick '11, and the latter by W. M. Rand '09, both in nearly record time. The rope climb and pole climb were both record breakers. B. M. Vance '08 made the fastest time in the rope climb, beating the record of 8 seconds made last year by 3-5 of a second. The pole climb was won by B. T. Stephenson '08 in 9 1-5 seconds. The previous record was 13 3-5 seconds...
Besides interdormitory relay races, there will be the following events: 20-yard dash, handicap; rope climb, threelegged race, 16-pound shot-put, handicap; running high-jump, handicap; potatorace, wheelbarrow race, sack race, poleclimb, interclass tug of war, 45-yard high hurdle race, open to men who have never hurdled; 45-yard high hurdle race, handicap; pole-vault, handicap; and a 2-mile cross-country race, handicap. The hurdle races, cross-country race, and dormitory relay races will be run out of doors; the two former events will be run on the board track at Holmes Field...