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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Department's first venture into the cartoon field is a simply written, effectively illustrated biography of eight Americans: Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, Poet Walt Whitman, Social Worker Jane Addams, Scientist George Washington Carver, Industrialist Andrew Carnegie, Inventor Thomas Alva Edison. The first shipment (65,000 copies), on the presses this week in Manhattan, will go to Viet-Nam. Later, 65,000 apiece will be sent to Indonesia, Korea and Thailand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: East Meets West | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...background of the building itself is probably the most obscure of all Harvard buildings. It was acquired by purchase in October, 1896 from the estate of one G. L. Whitman as part of the Germanic Museum parcel. Located on a plot covering 8,253 square feet, the building included 15 rooms and two baths...

Author: By Petter B. Taub, | Title: Now in Fourth Year, Modern Language Center Mixes Scholarship with Informal Atmosphere | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...Whitman-Phillips Le Corbeiller, Physics; Charles H. Taylor '31, History; and Barlett J. Whiting '25, English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe to Institute Faculty Tutor Plan at Party Friday | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

...week's end Whitman totted up the results of the crusade. They had sold over 3,000 tickets, almost wiped out their season deficit. The team had won its game with Eastern Oregon 48 to 20. And the Walla Walla alumni had promised to raise enough money to pay half scholarships ($175) for 20 athletes a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Will to Win | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...Student Body President Art Whitman, a distant cousin of the founder, the students went to work in a rash of pep talks and rallies. At one rally, members of the faculty showed how they felt by turning up in football uniforms. Then the crusade moved into downtown Walla Walla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Will to Win | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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