Word: techs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They are probably benzedrine sulfate-a drug ten times as potent as caffeine and often used by U.S. college students (without regard to the harmful aftereffects on their nerves) to supercharge them through cram-sessions and finals. This is the conclusion of Gordon Alles and George Feigen of Cal Tech, who have been studying antifatigue drugs for years. The U.S. is not officially supplying its armed forces with such pills, although the British use them. So far as Dr. Alles knows, no pep-pills have been captured on Nazi troops, but letters indicate that stimulants were used as early...
Another flock of Governor Gene Talmadge's fouls came home to roost last week. Ten Georgia colleges, including Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia, were struck from the accredited list of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Reason: Talmadge's "unprecedented and unjustifiable political interference" in ousting top educators in last year's flimsy trials before a stooge board of regents. Gene Talmadge charged that the educators fostered racial coeducation...
...immediate consequence was a sharp drop in freshman enrollment. Another was set forth by Marion Luther Brittain, president of Georgia Tech. "In all the history of Georgia Tech," he declared, "we have never had such difficulty keeping our teachers...
...three of the six finalists were Crimson runners, but one of the best dash men on the squad, Frank Coolidge, could only pull in a third behind Sid Stayman of Worcester Tech, and Sandy Patterson. Following Coolidge were Wes Flint and Moe Young. Even the winner's time in this event was slow, 10.2 seconds, due probably to the soft track...
Weekly meets are often held with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Northeastern, with the supply school, or with the Tech aviation corps...