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Arthur Holly Compton, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, former chancellor of Washington University D.Sc...
...well in collegiate circles, setting a record for the mile, in 4:06.3, a fortnight ago. But there was no real competition for him. no one to test his utmost. In the Compton (Calif.) Invitation Meet last week, Santee got the competition he needed: Belgium's Gaston Reiff, holder of world records at two miles, 2,000 and 3,000 meters, and Finland's Denis Johansson, his country's national titleholder, who has outrun some of Paavo Nurmi's records...
California Shot-Putter Parry O'Brien, who broke a distance barrier a fortnight ago with a world record toss of 59 ft,¾ in., set up a 60-ft. standard for himself at the Compton meet with another record heave...
...week after the professors appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, the Institute announced that it intended to retain them on the faculty. The statement by President James R. Killian Jr. and Karl Compton, chairman of the Corporation, read in party, "Because of our confidence in them, as well as the candid manner in which they have reported on their past associations, we find no cause to change their status at the Institute...
...week, the Institute administration studied the testimony of the three professors. Then, on April 28, Killian and Compton released their statement...