The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-30

J These athletes were brought
 here for the tenth modern re- newal of the international contests which began with a simple foot race on the slopes of Mt Olympus in Grece, in the days before Christ.
 Both men and women will stand at rigid attention while Vice-Pres- ident Curtis makes his set speech of IA words officially opening the games.
 They will be seen by a capacity crowd of 1O5, 900. The specta- tors will include part of the more than 100000 persons attracted to Los Angeles for the newest version of the historic tests of athletic skill.
 Some Competition
 Within the next 16 days this lgroup of the worlds greatest stars of track and field, rowing. eques- trianship, boxing. wrestling, fenc- ing. swimming and kindred sports, will have. competed in a program of no fewer than 1S5 individual events.
 Only one sport was represented in today's agenda. This was
 weight-lifting, preliminary tests of which will be conducted to- night in Olympic auditorium.
 Thus the show centered today upon the spectacular parade of nations, on which the organiza- ton committee of Los Angeles has been laboring for more than four years.
 The program really starts at 6:30 (E. . T.), when the interna- tiona1 organization committee. and the Los Angeles committee form at the peristyle entrance to receive MT Curtis. k Ten minutes later. the -presi. dent and his escorts will arrive. Then will come the greetings of Count Henri Haillet-Latour of Bel. gium, president of the Interna- tfonal Olympic committee, and of William May Garland, head of the Los Angeles organization.
 A band will play the. National Anthem. A choir of 1000 voices winu sing the second stanza. The parade will start. There will be fresh introductions among the games' officials. Finally Vice. President Curtis will make his speech. Here it is: Games of Los Angeles, celebrating the tenth Olympiad of the medern era" m
 Nice Idea
 | Theref will be d fanfare of ltrumpets. Ten cannon will sound lin salute. The Olympic torch atop the peristyle, 8 continuation of the large arch at the stadium entrance r flgates, will be ignited. The choir will sing, this time, the olympic lanthem. As the last note is heard. 1000 pigeons will be released. HI Next comes the dedication to be delivered by pr Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the University liver a benediction. The choir will sing a sacred hymn. The athletes Twill ltake the Olympic oath. The choir and band together will sing 1.-the recessional, and the parade in reverse formation, will file from the stadium, ending the gala show.
 Greece HOnored
 Incidentally, the parade will be led by the Greek athletes. This honor was given because Greece lheld the first Olympic Games. Last in line will be the largest delega- Ition. that of the United States. In Alphabetical order. between these 1.-two delgations. will come the rep- Fl .1reSenCaIlVeS or these udtlONS. Argentina, Australia, Austria. Belgium Brazil, Canada, China. IColombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia. leDnmark, Egypt. Estonia. Finland, France, Germany. Great Britain. Hoifi, Holland, Hungary, India, Ireland. Italy, Japan, Jugosiavia, Latvia, Mexico. New Zealand, Nor- ! way, Philippine Islands, Poland.
 Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-
 land, Union of South Africa and Uruguay.