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...throw was 33 feet, 3 inches, and he has made equally wonderful records in putting the twelve and fifteen-pound shots. His first trial was with the twelve-pound shot which he hurled 50 feet, 6 inches, beating the best previous record by several feet. In putting the sixteen pound shot he far surpassed all college records ever made, by a throw of 44 feet, 5 in. In the high jumping, Webster, of the University of Pennsylvania, broke the world's record at the Mott Haven games by a jump of 5 ft. 11 1-2 inches. Previous to this...
...conspicuously absent, while there are several society men honored, including four members of the promenade committee. Philosophicals have been assigned to only five men, an unusually small number. The remaining ninety-nine are about equally divided, fifteen receiving high orations, thirteen orations, thirteen dissertations, fifteen first deputies, sixteen second deputies, twelve first colloquies and fifteen second disputes...
...About sixteen new candidates for the Yale crew began training on Friday. Carter, Gill and Corbin, who last year were considered the strongest oars in college, have signified their intention of not training for this year's crew; but the opinion seems prevalent at New Haven that they will be induced to begin rowing within a few weeks at any rate. If Caldwell, the famous stroke, who is now in the Yale Theological School, can be induced to take his old position, there is little doubt that Yale will send to New London a crew which will compare favorably with...
...Saturday, sixteen of the candidates for the university crew took their first pull from the Shawmut boat house. The water was slightly rough, but, on the whole, satisfactory. The first crew was made up as follows: Bow, Pulsifer, '90; 2, Cumnock, '91; 3, Perkins, '91; 4, Sears, '89; 5, Finlay, '91; 6, Tilton, '90; 7, Hutchinson, '90; stroke, Herrick, '90. Coached by J. J. Storrow, '85. The crew rowed about three-quarters of an hour and did fairly good work. Upon their return a second crew, composed mainly of new men, went...
After an interval of sixteen years, another periodical was started, called The Harvard Magazine, which was the longest-lived and the last magazine published by Harvard students. Its first number appeared in December, 1854, and its first staff of editors consisted of F. A. Sanborn, '55; Charles A. Chase, '55; Phillips Brooks, '55; John J. Jacobsen, '56; J. B. Greenough, '56, and E. T. Fisher, '56. The Harvard Magazine was published during ten years and was noted for great literary worht...