Word: berea
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Later, kindly father Hutchins became president of Kentucky's Berea College, but by that time young Robert had gone on to Yale. In 1917 he had joined the Army ("The manual of arms is not a great book"), won the Italian Croce di Guerra for being "poisoned by a can of sardines," then enrolled in the Yale Law School ("No case book is a great book"). At 24 he was secretary of Yale University, at 26 a lecturer at Yale Law School, at 28 a full professor and dean...
Died. William P. Odom, 30, globe-girdling veteran flyer; in an airplane crash (his F51 Mustang went out of control at Cleveland's National Air Races); in Berea, Ohio. Odom's round-the-world flight in April 1947 (78 hrs. 55 min.) broke Howard Hughes's record; his solo global trip four months later in a converted A26 bomber (73 hrs. 5 min.) shattered Wiley Post's old solo mark; his 5,000-odd-mi. hop in 36 hours from Honolulu to Teterboro, N.J. last March set a new light-plane record...
...Ross Berea...
...town of Berea, Ohio, an elderly lady walked up to a student on the street last week and asked: "Are you the one?" Harrison ("Bones") Dillard, 24, son of a day laborer, grinned. "Guess I am," he replied. The old lady grabbed his hand and said that she was certainly glad to know...
...Student Domestic Affairs Commission, under the direction of Ralph Dungan of St. Joseph's College, Pennsylvania, will establish its national offices along with those of the Association at Madison. NSA President is William Welsh of Berea College, Kentucky; while Janice Tremper of Rockford, Illinois, acts as secretary, and Leland Jones of Buffalo as treasure. The domestic and international commission chairman serve as NSA vice-presidents...