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But Geologist Pratt is specific and scientific. Petroleum was formed (perhaps a billion years ago) from animal and plant remains in the shallow-water marine oozes when their sands and mud solidified into rock. Rocks of this kind comprise 40% of the earth's land surface. Almost all of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Omnipresent Oil | 8/31/1942 | See Source »

He had heard of Harvard, the University of William James, and vowed to go there. For his room and board he washed dishes, and to acquire spending money every morning saw him at the Lampoon building, sweeping out the wreckage of the night before. "That was my first impression of...

Author: By D. H. F., | Title: FACULTY PROFILE | 8/5/1942 | See Source »

The new Yale Plan, if judged by the accompanying fanfare of patriotic publicity, is a sizable step toward mobilizing education. Actually it adds little to the programs already in effect at Yale, Harvard, and elsewhere. Although students not preparing themselves for some definite form of war service "have no place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Men on Campus Martius | 7/15/1942 | See Source »

In its final number, the 1941-42 Guardian Board again has wisely chosen the policy of printing articles dealing both with the immediate issues of the war and with the larger problems confronting the nation during and after the period of actual hostilities. If continued, this policy will give the...

Author: By T. S. B., | Title: ON THE SHELF | 7/3/1942 | See Source »

The announcement of the Army's enlisted reserve plan, to complement the Navy's V-1 program, and President Conant's suggestion for federal scholarships to give future officers a college education has changed this picture completely. Once scorned "cultural" subjects are now recognized as vital weapons. And with this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Education Goes to War | 5/14/1942 | See Source »

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