Word: pitt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dynamo at Pitt...
...those who have only a nodding acquaintance with it, the University of Pittsburgh is probably best known for 1) the 42-story Gothic skyscraper called the Cathedral of Learning, 2) Dr. Jonas Salk, and 3) its football team, the Panthers. But in future, Pitt may well be most famous for the 42-year-old dynamo it has as chancellor. In his 18 months in office. Edward H. Litchfield has made it clear that he wants to make Pitt nothing less than one of the top six universities in the country. His ambition has proved contagious. "Ever since he came," says...
...over a period of months, said SEC, the stock was sold by phone all over the U.S. for more than $7,500,000 (including the brokers' 15% commission). Later, another 500,000 shares of Sweet Grass stock were issued to cover a merger with a Canadian company called Pitt Petroleums Ltd., and sold in the U.S. In a third merger, involving Kroy Oils and a Texas-Oklahoma company called Coronet Development Corp., Kroy officials, some of them also connected with Great Sweet Grass, issued 1,500,000 new shares of Kroy Oils stock, which in turn brought...
...Just for kicks a pair of Pitt publicity men fed data on the upcoming game with Penn State into a mechanical brain-backfield speed, linemen's weight, comparative scores, even the years of tenure of each head coach. The "Type 650 Magnetic Drum Processing" machine digested the facts, hummed, clicked, calculated that each side of the equation could be evaluated by the figure 1. This, the P.R. men decided sadly, meant that the game would end in a tie. It did: Pitt 7, Penn State...
...State, edged up on the Big Ten title and copped their tickets to the Rose Bowl. Michigan State dropped out of the Big Ten title scramble by losing to Minnesota, 14-13. Oregon State just managed to squeak past Idaho, 14-10, won a rematch with Iowa in Pasadena. Pitt, which will happily accept a bowl bid, proved it could handle one by tripping Army...