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Modern critics have increased the gap between the poet and his public audience by forgetting that criticism should begin and end in enjoyment, Edwin Muir, Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, charged last night...
Half of the necessary sum has been pledged and the colleges attended by the other three members of the team have managed to raise nearly $1000 between them, leaving a small gap before the goal is reached. The sponsors of the team the Intercollegiate Chess League, had counted on the University to fill the gap...
...Force officials to publish a book using this material, since both he and the War College could use it for instructional purposes. The Air Force obliged and reproduced the collection in a 600-page volume. Leach received 12 of the books, partially solving his problem. Students filled the remaining gap by selecting and mimeographing readings for each week...
...French Anderson was boxed during the first half of the race as John Ingley of Cornell, the eventual winner, built up a big lead. Anderson's finishing sprint made up part of the deficit, but he was unable to close the gap enough to win. Pete Reider went into the last lap of the two-mile even with Lou Quantannens of Army. His finishing kick was too much for the cadet as he won going away by ten yards in 9:41.5, his best time of the season...
...more realistic solution would be to abolish the distinction between national awards and other scholarships. Unlike the usual grants, existing National Scholarships now leave no $300 differential between the award and the need, a gap normally bridged either with term-time work, a loan, or summer earnings above the $300 requirement...