Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-19
MEDALS ON DISPLAY.
Students Jubilant Over Results
New Worlds Records.
Especial from O. A. CO.

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As the O. A. c. students hur-
ried expectantly into the chapel
Monday morning they were more
than pleased at what they be-
held, for before them hung ban
ner of purple and silver about
two by four feet. It was beau
tiful thing and was suspended by
a brass chain from the pulpit.
Everyone was talking ''6eld
meet'' when suddenly the whole
student body broke into cheers
for President Catch came in with
the medals on a large purple vel
vet placard in one hand and the
silver cup, still cased in the
other. The cheering did not
cease until long after he had
placed the medals over the ban
ner on the pulpit and had taken
the cup, which was the prize for
the relay race, from its velvet
casing and set it beside the med
ais over the banner. Then the
cheering subsidized somewhat and
the regular chapel exercises were
carried out. '..'
After they were over the presi-
dent said he wanted to hear the
students yell for the team, the
manager, the trainer, and for
O. A. c. Nine rahs We're given
for the team, three for Prot.
Hayward, three for dad" Trine
and the old slogan Zip Boom
Bee was given three times.
Prof. Cordley then said that in
order to win more victories we
must make the cantata, "Queen
Esther'' a success. ..-
Then Prof. Hayward arose, at
the request of the president, to
tell some more about the meet.
He said that the trophies before
us could tell better than he how
the meet came out. But he said
that the reason Williams did not
take the quarter was that Multi
nomah had IS or IA out of IS
officials and would not listen to
any protest: Williams. Smith
SON and Gearin were running the
quarter and it. was very close till
Williams got pushed into the
grand stand, The relay was very
close and exciting, Williams,
Coates and Cooper taking part
from O. &C. AS Williams en-
tered this race for the last lap he
was 80 feet behind his opponent
but gained on him till he came
out five or six feet ahead of him.
Coates in his heat made the high
hurdles in 6 rs seconds, the
worlds record being 7 seconds.
AS this was announced the stu
dents broke into a prolonged
cheer over this lowering of the
worlds records.
Swami in vaulting 10 feet
inches broke our college record
one inch.
This is the greatest victory
that the present generation Of
students in o. A. c. have ever
seen, and is prophetic of more
that are soon to follow.
The medals which the boys
brought home were as follows:
| Jackson, gold medal, for shot
put, IS feet 2 y inches.
Root, silver medal for slot put
| "a feet 2K inches. =,
Smithson, gold medal so yaro
dash, S as seconds.
| Coats, gold medal, 50 yard low
hurdles, 6 rs seconds.
Smith, silver medal, 44o run.
Smithson, silver medal, run.
ming high jump, S feet 5inches.
Coats, gold medal SO yard high
hurdles, 7 Is seconds. +.
Swami, silver medal, pole vault
10 feet 2 inches. -
| Currin, silver medal, I mile
run.
Coats, gold medal, running
high jump, 20 feet>11 inches.
Coats, gold medal, relay.
Smithson, gold medal, relay.
Williams, gold medal, relay.
Cooper, gold medal, 'relay.
This shows 9 gold medals and
5 silver out of a total Of "a and
the cup and banner which, was
for the most points.
Miss Ruth Parson, a travelling
secretary of the Y. w. G. A. will