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...roof of the largest building, which stretches tunnel-like nearly 1,700 ft., is concrete poured over short, cylindrical shell forms and troweled by hand. A second building is basically an airy vault-a 200-ft. structure with two rows of nine columns running along each side. Because of the constant salt spray in the air, a steel building would have wasted a fortune in maintenance, and, in any case, this structure in concrete costs about 20% less. But, as always, Candela will pronounce it good only if it works. "It will not be me but Alcoa that decides...
...with his chest. On the third, he brushed it with his chest once more. But this time the wavering bar settled back and held. For Oklahoma State's George Davies, it was a new world record of 15 ft. 10¼ in. in the pole vault-a full inch higher than Olympic Champion Don Bragg's old mark...
Varsity point-winners: 60-yard dash-Spivak (1), H. Thayer (4); 1000-yard run-F. Gurley (1); mile run-W. Baker (3); two-mile run-H. Rosenfeld (4); pole vault-A. Lockett (1), W. Lawrence (three-way tie for second); 16-pound shot-D. Trimble (1); 35-pound weight-S. Felton (1), D. Forsyth (3), T. Camoron...
...Pole vault-A. B. Emmons 2nd, '98, W. W. Hoyt M. S., R. Anthony 1901, E. D. Brooks '99, R. A. Garrison 1900, L. E. Hurd...
...Pole vault-A. H. Green '92, J. Crane...