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...nothing cyclist can leaf along ten and one-half miles in an hour, and that a hotshot, loaded with ephedrine and the will to win, can navigate the distance in the neighborhood of a half hour. For the record, the best time was turned in by one John T. Potter '42, a two time winner who hurtled the ten and a half miles in a scant 28 minutes, 30 seconds back...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 4/21/1949 | See Source »

Slaves fo Delusions. Specialization had its defenders. Harvard's Professor of Education Phillip Rulon argued that scientists, by & large, were well educated and civically conscious. Purdue's Engineering Dean Andrey Potter contended that engineering schools today respected the humanities. Purdue's average engineering student, he said, spends four-fifths of his time on his specialty, and one-fifth on the humanities, i.e., the rest of the universe. Even this slim ration is considerably cut by many schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mid-century Appraisal: EDUCATION | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

Next day, the veterans of the House rallied their forces, rolled up their most impressive weapons. Michigan's Republican Charles E. Potter, 32, who lost both legs fighting in Europe, walked on artificial limbs to the well of the House. Said Potter: "I hate to see the veterans of this country used as political pawns in this great Washington game of cheat." The veterans bombarded the bill with amendments, hoping to reduce it to such a jumble that nobody could vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Panic | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

Reading from how up, the current number one boat is composed of Sam Allen, Bob Menslage, John Bordman, Dick Grosvenor, Dave Clark, Sutton Potter, Ted Barrett, stroke Smith, and cox Chuck Osborne. Three of these men--Allen, Menslage, and Barret--had never rowed in a shell before coming to Harvard...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: 150-lb. Crew Readying for First Race 3 Weeks Away | 3/29/1949 | See Source »

Born. To Henry Luce III, 23, Hoover Commission staffer, and Patricia Potter Luce, 22, daughter of John S. Potter, an officer of the Bank of China: their first child (and first grandchild of TIME Editor Henry R. Luce), a daughter; in Washington. Name: Lila Frances Livingston. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 7, 1949 | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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