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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Almost 500 students braved snow and forewent exam study to watch British debating style win the split-decision of judges Karl Compton, President of M.I.T.: Ralph Lowell '12, member of the Board of Overseers; and Charles E. Whitamore, British Consul-General in Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 500 Hear Oxford Score 2-1 Win Over Debaters | 1/20/1948 | See Source »

...Mont presented Newscaster Walter Compton, who tended to overact. Compton was followed by a slow-burning Lucky Strike commercial (with the man who knows tobacco best looking fussed), and three short films (hunting dogs, wild fowl, a dance band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: A Day with Television | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

...search for a replacement, the Council immediately secured the services of Whitamore, who was appointed Consul-General only a month ago. With him will be Karl Compton, M.I.T. president, and Ralph Lowell '12, member of the Board of Overseers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: British Consul Will Serve as Debate Judge | 1/16/1948 | See Source »

Wellesley College President Mildred McAfee Horton will judge the Oxford debate along with Dr. Karl Compton, President of M.I.T., and Ralph Lowell '12, member of the Board of Overseers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oxford Debates Crimson January 18 Here After Interval of Two Decades | 1/7/1948 | See Source »

...another war will wipe everybody off the face of the earth," mused Nobel Physicist Arthur H. Compton, with scientific caution. "That's pretty extreme. And it won't destroy civilization -there'll be some pieces left. But it will be an enormous setback. We'll have to start all over, from 'way back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Just Deserts | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

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