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Scoring college curricular designed to give "a general survey of knowledge which will provide an understanding of the world in which we live," President Conant took part in the ceremonies commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Bryn Mawr College Saturday...
Awarded. To Dr. Florence Rena Sabin, 63, famed medical researcher (blood, brain, lymphatic system, tuberculosis), first woman member of the Rockefeller Institute, first woman member of the National Academy of Sciences: Bryn Mawr's M. Carey Thomas prize of $5,000, "given at intervals to an American woman in recognition of eminent achievement...
Died. William Wallace Atterbury, 69, onetime (1925-35) President of Pennsylvania R. R.; of apoplexy induced by arteriosclerosis; in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Son of a lawyer who turned Presbyterian preacher, young William, with a degree from Yale, started in the Pennsylvania's Altoona shops at 5¢ an hour. In 1917 he went to France when Pershing cabled Secretary Baker to send him "the ablest railroad man in the U. S.," was commissioned Brigadier General (admiring soldiers called him "General Attaboy"), set up a rail transport system that won him decorations from many an Allied government. An able handler and picker...
...Fisher-Up to the witness stand marched Wager Fisher of Bryn Mawr...
...Warburg taught Fine Arts at Bryn Mawr after his graduation but resigned to become director of The American Ballet which he helped found. He is a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and is recognized as an authority on modern painting and sculpture. From his experience as a teacher and executive, he has written this article to help undergraduates at Harvard choose a field of concentration...