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...been urged that when two nations are too deeply severed in tradition, culture, and intellectual attitude. It is dangerous for them to study each other too closely. The perception of an unbridgeable gap may be another wedge to drive wider apart the rift of international misunderstanding. But whether the cause of international amity be promoted or not by indiscriminate exchange of students, it is certain that residence among a foreign people incites to closer self-scrutiny, more accurate national appraisement, and a healthier spirit of international understanding...
...schoolboy was unable to catch the victor's final spunt. O'Neil won by about 25 yards in the good early-season time of 18 minutes and 45 seconds. Ralph Luttman '28 gave Eldridge a good battle for second place, but he was unable to close the gap, losing by five yards...
...gate of the Class of 1857 will be moved some 40 feet from its present location to a gap that has already been prepared for it in the wall very close to Wadsworth House. The gate will remain in this position and a new path will be made, after which the present path will be closed...
...said that when the British, under General Tarleton, drove the Virginia Legislature from Charlottesville to Staunton, volunteers were called for to prevent the passage of the British through the mountains at Rockfish Gap. History tells us that Mrs. Lewis called to her side her three young sons, aged 17, 15 and 13 years, and made them fly to the defense of their country, their native land...
...course, which will be laid out on the green within the cinder track, will contain five hurdle obstacles And one 12-foot water gap. The Olympic contestants on Saturday will make the circuit 13 times, in rounding out the 1500-metre distance, which is slightly less than one mile...