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...houses more than 5,000 times. These figures naturally recall the days of 1876 when the college publications used to bemoan the fact that there was such a dearth of "pleasure-rowing" among undergraduates. Then there was the annual regatta in which scullers took part, as well as the Scratch races on the Charles. Their popularity was so distinctly feeble, that in the spring of '76, when only two candidates reported for the sculling championships, the Advocate began to view the situation with proverbial alarm. "It is in vain to expect a true interest to be taken in boating, unless...
...Yard Run, Handicap.--Won by J. B. Broome '26 (20 yards); second, J. C. McGlone '26 (scratch); third, A. F. Jones 2E.S. (scratch). Time, 1 min- ute 29 4-5 seconds...
Discus Throw.--Won by M. A. Cheek Jr. '26 (22 feet); second, C. C. Carpenter '24 (scratch); third, R. H. Hallowell '25 (22 feet). Distance, 132 feet 7 inches...
Mile Run, handicap.--Won by A. L. Coburn '24 (90 yards); second, B. R. Cutcheon '25 (scratch); third, J. P. Anderson '26 (120 yards). Time, 4 minutes 19 seconds...
...better than the total of M. A. Cheek Jr. '26, who placed second and had a handicap of 6 feet. C. A. C. Eastman '24, who won the shot put in the triangular meet with Cornell and Dartmouth and placed second in the indoor intercollegiate in New York, was scratch man and placed third with a put of 43 feet 2 1-2 inches...