1913

For the first time in years we missed attending the Harvard-Dartmouth game. However the TV was excellent and I saw every play, something that can't be done sometimes from the stands. The results were excellent also, the final score Dartmouth 37, Harvard 14. This is one of the best of many fine Dartmouth teams. The real test is coming Saturday against the Elies who are unbeaten, untied. If they can get by Yale (they did 10 to 0), they have an excellent chance for the Ivy League championship with three tough opponents.

Mose Linscott wanted to see the freshmen play Harvard fresh, but rain and cold prevented two old timers from attending.

Les Ashton writes that he and Louise have enjoyed good health all these years and hope to continue to do so. They spent about five weeks on the island of Majorca this fall and it was wonderful. Perfect weather-warm and sunny every day. He said: "the island was quiet and peaceful-no gangs walking the streets. We would like to retire there."

Les sent me a clipping from the N. Y. Times showing the dates, heights and names of pole vaulters from the year 1866 to date. In 1866 J. W. Wheeler of Britain vaulted 10 ft. The height gradually increased when in 1910 Leland Scott (US) vaulted 12' 10 7/8". Then came Robert Gardner of Yale in 1912 with a vault of 13' 1" followed by the writer with 13' 2¼". Then it kept going up to 14' 0", made by Sabin Carr of Yale. Cornelious Warmerdam (US) 15' 1 1/8". Along came John Uelses (US) with 16' ¾": Pennel of the U. S. 17' ¾" and then came the first man over 18 ft., Christos Papanicelava, a Greek lad who got his training in the U. S. Several innovations are responsible for the great increase in height. First it was a plain wooden pole made probably from hickory, heavy and rather cumbersome to handle. Then somebody hollowed out a pole to make it lighter and more flexible. This was followed with a hollow steel pole and then an aluminum one. The big break came with the invention of the fiberglass pole which combines great strength with tremendous flexibility which with its recoil can give a man up to four more feet in height. So it is not surprising that the record has soared. It will even go higher in my opinion.

Vic Dunbar spent five fine weeks in New England this summer. He visited Hanover and attended interesting lectures and a concert, "The Berkshire Boys' Choir." On the trip down he visited Don and LydiaKing. In Hanover he visited the Clinic for his now annual check-up and came through with flying colors. Outside of a hernia operation while in the army in WWI he has had a healthful life not having to visit a hospital once. He had a pleasant visit with Carl and Grace Forsaith.

Mose Linscott, the old mountain climber, told Bob Conant that this year he climbed Whiteface, Osceola, Abraham (Maine), all over 4000 feet. Last year on Labor Day, he climbed Mt. Washington for the last time probably. "I'm getting old," he says. Carl Shumway tells of a gala affair on the occasion of his 80th birthday which was reported in a previous issue. Earl VanK. Willson attended Joe and MarieBarnett's golden wedding anniversary and said it was a wonderful affair.

George B. Watts writes Bob Conant that he conducted none, but went to Europe in March and again in late August. He spent the summer on Cape Cod.

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