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Caption: Book - Banks of the Boneyard (Charles Kiler)
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/ Join a Literary Society 21 Wesleyan, Illinois, Monmouth, and Knox, had a meeting and decided to try for a new organization. The Illinois Intercollegiate Oratorical and Athletic Association had been all right in its day we yearned for games with larger and more important tions; so a committee was appointed Northwestern and Lake Forest Hotel in Chicago. As I remember it this committee consisted of Professor J. D. Crawford, Frank D. Arms, and myself, and out of the conference came invitations to a number of midwestern universities and colleges to a meet to be held here at Illinois on May 13, 1892. The following institutions accepted the invitation and agreed to send athletes and delegates, viz: Northwestern, Lake Forest, Washington, Purdue, Illinois College, Iowa College, Rose Polytechnic, and the College of Christian Brothers. Our games committee consisted of F. D. Arms, J. D. Phillips, and the writer; J. D. Phillips was Official Scorer, and was assisted by W. T. Butler and Bud Holston; F. D. Arms was Marshal; Ralph Hart, Chief of Police; and Con Kilgour, the Bugler. We had an Official Photographer in the person of F. M. Needham, while Charlie Shattuck and Bert Johnston were the Inspectors. The Judges and Timekeepers were chosen from our Faculty in order to insure outside competitors a square deal, for those were the days when it was easy to start a fight. In the 5 0 , 100, and 220-yard races we entered Bert Merrifield, Harry McCaskrin, Lawson Scott, and Fred Weedman. Merrifield was a great sprinter, and won all of the dashes. Other events and entries were: Pole Vault—Charlie Gunn, Glenn Hobbs, and E. J. Lake. Mile Run—Robert H. Forbes and W. G. Miller. Hammer Throw—Army Armstrong, Fouts, and McMains. Two-mile Safety Bicycle Race—G. W. Mitchell. Hop, Skip and Jump—Charlie Gunn. 440-yard Dash—Miller, Coffeen, McLane, and Lewis. Putting 16-lb. Shot—Armstrong, Fouts, and McMains. Running Broad Jump—Behrensmeyer and Weedman. 120-yard Hurdles—Amos Clark, who afterwards held some remains in our athletic history as one of greatest Race—Forbes, Coffeen, Miller, and McCaskrin •flSLt
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