Word: portlands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...during the last twelve months, Dayton, are lagely one-man shows. The major high and prepschools in Minnesota are combed largely through the efforts of D. Donald Peddie '41 who has converted Minneapolis into a "Harvard town." Similarly, St. Louis and Baltimore are considered "Princeton towns," while Seattle and Portland are pretty well controlled by Yale alumni...
...chief worker is Francis P. Locke '33. Previous classes have attracted one Dayton student in every two or three years. But for the Class of 1956, 34 students from the Ohio city filed applications; 25 were admitted, with the fantastic number of four national scholarships. Toledo, Memphis, Miami, and Portland also showed considerable progress, while on the Atlantic seaboard, the North Shore and Westchester clubs have become particularly active...
...Portland's Ernest Boyd MacNaughton was a man of many affairs: president of the daily Oregonian, chairman of the board of Portland's First National Bank, lay moderator of the American Unitarian Association. When he took over the presidency of Reed College in 1948, he firmly announced that he would serve only pro tempore. "I am a businessman," said he. "Any time you find an academic man qualified, I'll step aside." Last week, at a sprightly 71, "Mr. Mac" did step aside. The academic man who takes his place: Duncan Smith Ballantine, 40, associate professor...
...give his name to the college: Portland steamboat and mining Tycoon Simeon Gannett Reed, who put up the first money...
...links them, the Ohio Turnpike will provide a super-highway route (see map) enabling motorists to drive all the way from Hartford, Conn, to Indiana, at high speeds, with few toll stops and no traffic lights. When additional New England toll roads are completed interlinked highways will reach from Portland, Me. to Chesapeake Bay and Washington...