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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In a statement to the CRIMSON on March 15, 1948, Professor Mather stated that he had "hoped for expansion rather than contraction" in the University's Geography staff and termed Human Geography "one of the most significant fields for study in modern life."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Committee to Sift Geography Meets Today | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

So Many Plans. After four years and according to plan, Luce took over as editor and Hadden shifted to business manager. There, thanks to Luce and Circulation Manager (now president) RoyLarsen, he found things in such good shape that he was bored. As one outlet for his restless energy, Hadden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Posthumous Portrait | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

Two other Class Day mainstays appeared a few years after 1780, the date Lowell mentioned as the first organization of "a literary festival." A list of Orators began in 1776, and "a poem seems to have been added ten years later," Lowell noted. This expansion of the "literary festival" (it...

Author: By David E. Lilienthal jr., | Title: Gaudy Class Day Rolls On ... | 5/6/1949 | See Source »

The Secretary was polite and cautious, but in his own conservative way he did not disappoint them. He had high praise for previous cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America in joint cultural, educational and health projects. When he came to the future, he dotted no i's, crossed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polite Promise | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

In Manhattan last week, bushy-browed Edward J. Noble, who made a mint out of Life Savers, turned a businessman's hard and appraising eye on network television's prospects. Noble is chairman of American Broadcasting Co. and he was speaking to his company's stockholders. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENT: Caveat Emptor | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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