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After 8000 B.C.. the climate grew steadily warmer, melting the remnants of ice. Warmth-demanding plants (e.g., oak, elm and alder) invaded the Britannic Peninsula. New animals and new tribes of men trooped across the marshes. The climate was probably almost as warm as today. "A bit chillier," hazards Dr. Godwin...
...products as per-capita lumber consumption has dropped (down to 256 bd. ft. in 1955 from 504 in 1904) and timberland prices soared (up as much as 1,700% in 18 years). Many companies have also diversified to make full use of their tim ber reserves, e.g., western alder, long bypassed when redwood and Douglas fir forests were logged solely for lumber, is now widely cut for wood pulp...
Died. Dr. Otto Hermann Diels, 78, retired German organic chemist who, with his ex-pupil, Dr. Kurt Alder, received the 1950 Nobel Prize for chemistry after developing the diene synthesis, a method of artificially producing complex chemical compounds (e.g., cortisone); in Kiel, Germany...
...think you might be.' " By day's end both Alderman and his son had "resigned." Out of office, Alderman seemed more weary than vengeful or bitter. Said he of Knight: "I think he's as tired as I am, and he probably needs a rest too." Alder man said he had broken down his health in Knight's service. He complained specifically of a pain in the sacroiliac - which was pretty much the way Goody Knight felt about...
...incoming board are: Philip M. Cronin '53, President; Laurence D. Savadove '53, Managing Editor; Charles S. Boit '53, Business Manager; Samuel B. Potter '53, Editorial Chairman; Charles E. Zeitlin '53, Photographic Chairman; Michael J. Halberstam '53, Associate Managing Editor; James M. Storey '53, Sports Editor; and James B. Alder '53, Advertising Manager...