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...ancient days, trials of bodily strength, skill and speed are still universally regarded as the pith and core of the Games. Therefore, though many other events were yet to be contested, America was proclaimed Olympic Champion for 1924 when the track-and-field events were concluded and the points stood: U. S., 255; Finland, 166; Great Britain, 85½; Sweden, 31½; France...
...expedition from first hand experience. "Ypres, considered the worst sector on the Western front, I later learned was a Paradise compared to Gallipoli. In the latter place we were handicapped by the adobe soil, in which only shallow ditches could be dug for shelter. These and our pith helmets were hardly protection against snipers and shrapnel...
...pith of Christianity, the speaker said in conclusion, is taking the teachings of Jesus in earnest. "No theological arguments, except those which are associated with the life of Jesus...
...with the hostile belligerent Powers. In the light of these changes the Wilson speeches are shorn of much of their appeal and usefulness. The League itself has been explained in many books, and naturally from many useful points of view. The value of this book, whittled down to the pith, lies in its appeal to scholarship. Students will certainly find in it a useful, concise and handy reference to Mr. Wilson's utterances on the League of Nations. The two movements in the modern world which have aimed at stabilizing peace were undertaken at the Congress of Vienna...
...world's gaze rests on the actions of America". Such was the pith of convincing argument in favor of American initiative in the matter of disarmament, made by Mr. Frederick J. Libby, Executive Secretary of the National Council for the Reduction of Armaments, in a recent interview for the CRIMSON. Mr. Libby is a graduate of Bowdoin and has also studied abroad. He has lived in many European and Asiatic countries, has been engaged in relief work in Europe, and was in intimate touch with the recent events of the Washington Conference...