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...intrepid team of astronomers from Indiana University who made the long trek to find out the exact location on the map of the geographical center of U.S. population [TIME, Oct. 8] might have saved the wear & tear on their seagoing sextants by consulting a member of the local Boy Scout troop...
California, which beat Washington State, 42-35. Coach Lynn ("Pappy") Waldorf has put the West Coast back on the football map. The Golden Bears' 125-man squad, with no real standouts except Fullback Johnny Olszewski, generates a potent T attack (166 points) and a crushing defense (49 points to opponents...
Asked for examples, Truman gave some. The outstanding case, he said, was the publication (in January 1949) by FORTUNE of a map showing atomic installations...
FORTUNE promptly issued a statement that all the information on the map came from Truman's Atomic Energy Commission, that the AEC had cleared the map in final form and had been so pleased with it that AEC ordered 500 extra copies for distribution. It was also a fact that Harry Truman, in person, later cleared essentially the same map as part of a MARCH OF TIME film...
...Institute's affiliation with Harvard was a strange one (Professor Rice built it, payed the upkeep, and allowed the University to use it, receiving his professorship in return) but it also was a productive one. The Rice Institute housed all the equipment needed for any kind of map study, numerous maps of great value, an extremely competent staff, and one of the best lecture halls available for college use. Harvard could claim, along with the University of Chicago and Clark, one of the finest geography departments in the country, thanks to Professor Rice's Institute...