Excerpt from The Link, Vol. 22: A Protestant Magazine for Armed Forces Personnel; June 1964 Festivities were held every fourth year. Not only were contests on the program, but there was competition in music, oratory, poetry, and other forms of art. The contests required the development of mind and body to the highest state of co - ordination. Just glance at one of the ancient programs: First Day: The sacrifice of animals to the Greek gods. Administra tion of the Olympic oath to the various athletes and judges (the athletes swore to compete fairly and to abide by the rules; the judges agreed to judge fairly). Preparation of the entries and the trumpeters' contest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.