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...Urbana, Ill., where Harold ("Red") Grange learned to earn a living at football,* the National Academy of Sciences met last week. Mentioned during the proceedings were...
...National Academy of Science meeting at Urbana, Ill., (see above) Dr. W. C. Allee of the University of Chicago, described how certain marine worms, which normally die in fresh water, survive if a large number of them, all tangled into a ball, are placed in fresh water. Apparently they secrete, as a group, a protective substance...
Bradley Polytechnic Institute brought a record of 25 straight victories (including the two-time championship of the "Little 19" of Illinois) to Urbana. The University of Illinois broke Bradley's winning streak...
...episode has caused much consternation among those who knew her at Urbana, where she had adopted bobbed hair, short skirts, and other marks of the superior western civilization. They find it hard to understand how, after being exposed to the cultural advantages of the Illinois university, she could so far revert to barbarism as to marry a prince of her own race, and what is more, to stay by his side when he is in danger. There are some, however, who admire the Princess for doing so, when she might be living in the luxury of Hollywood, writing...
Higher education is becoming increasingly centralized. About 4% of all U. S. colleges enroll about 40% of the students. The geographical centre of higher education, having moved steadily inland from the Atlantic seaboard since 1880, has crossed the Indiana-Illinois line and is some 15 miles southeast of Urbana...