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Crack British runners are the coolest, most versatile in the world. The Oxford-Cambridge track teams, which invade the U. S. every four years to oppose Harvard-Yale and Princeton-Cornell, generally shine in the running events but are defeated because of poor performances in the field events. Publicized as the strongest group ever sent, this year's Oxford-Cambridge team proved unusually well-balanced. Relying on both team "Presidents" (captains), Alan Pennington (Oxford) and Godfrey Brown (Cambridge), for double wins, the Britishers had unbeatable talent on the track except in the hurdles. In the field they boasted...
...read about your story in TIME and like it very much. And we would like to join your expedition. We are capable of doing the work on a ship for instance we can run errands, shine shoes, scrub decks, we have very sharp eyes, we will have them tested, wash and wipe dishes, and can keep our eyes open -till midnight. We are not scared of anything. We are faithful till the last moment and we are good digers, we can row a boat. We are 9 years...
...students have any money, the $4,000 signs on the annual Prix de Rome shine like a rainbow. There are four such prizes-in painting, sculpture, architecture, landscaping. Each means two years at the American Academy in Rome. Competitors must be bachelors under 30, winners must promise not to marry until their two years are up. Since 1926 Yale's School of Fine Arts has had something of a corner on the Rome prizes, especially in painting and sculpture...
Eternal morning's sun shine on your name...