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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...University had turned out Woodrow Wilson, Edgar Allan Poe, and such living lights as Railroader Robert Young, Senator Alben W. Barkley, Bishop Henry St. George Tucker, Erskine Caldwell, Ed Stettinius (now the University's rector). But in 1940-41, only 122 of the state's 6,856 white high-school graduates went to the University. Complained the Richmond Times-Dispatch's Editor Virginius Dabney, '20, last week: too many University students were "young wastrels [with] large bankrolls and few serious intentions of studying." What's more, he added darkly, most of the wastrels were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Change in Charlottesville | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

Potential careers in the field of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be the subject of a forum in Winthrop Junior Common Room at 7:15 o'clock Wednesday, John W. Teele, director of the Office of Student Placement, announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Placement Office Forum to Explain Engineering Jobs | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...yard high hurdles--Won by G. Coville; second, W. Flint (scratch). Time...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Varsity Track Hopefuls Give Fine Showing | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...yard dash--Won by H. Thayer (scratch); tie for second between D. Cavicke (scratch) and W. Campbell. Time...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Varsity Track Hopefuls Give Fine Showing | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

11/2-mile run--Won by J. Noble; second, W. O'Connor (scratch); third, M. Tuttle (scratch). Time...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Varsity Track Hopefuls Give Fine Showing | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

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