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...others, that "Germany has nothing whatsoever to do with the management of the Olympic Games". This, evidently, is considered by the proponents of participation to be a very telling point, for it is advanced by all leading figures in the fight to send the team abroad to a Nazi Olympiad. If such be the case, if it is a cornerstone of the reasoning of the pro-participation people, I am afraid that the Olympic Committee has no case...
...such is the way that he phrases his thought that one is led to believe that he had this in his mind. It is regrettable that such should be the implication because if ever there was a question which required exactness of definition, that of participating in a Nazi Olympiad is the one. It is true that the Nazis would be guilty of a breach of sportsmanship should it be found that they have denied the right of competition of Jewish athletes, but our case rests on an even firmer basis. The Naxis-have discriminated against Catholic sports organizations...
...above the runners. They weigh 485 lb. and are stored in a garage at the foot of the slide. Such deluxe coasting is a new sport for the U. S. The Mount Van Hoevenberg run was constructed two years ago because the program of winter sports for the Xth Olympiad included bob-sled racing, hitherto practiced only in the Alps. The run cost $250,000, most of which was supplied by New York State. Last week most of the ablest licensed* bob-sled drivers in the U. S. climbed into a steam-heated tractor-truck at the bottom...
...exact duration and type of the celebration to be held, is speculative. Many suggestions have been received regarding possible ways in which to mark the 300th year of Harvard's existence. A pageant, an athletic Olympiad, class reunions, a week of commemorative exercises throughout the University and various programs to be led by some of Harvard's distinguished sons, are among the many suggestions already received...
Lucky Mr. Hamilton was able to announce last week that in addition to the Palace of Soviets he has designed for Russia "the World's Largest Stadium which must be completed in time for the International Workers' Olympiad next August"; 15 other stadiums; and a 22-story Physical Culture Building...