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...Chase dropped to a 32 after the first minute and a half, and Princeton took the lead, but the Crimson overtook the Tigers and won--the first Compton Cup victory for Harvard, and proof that Bolles' new system was best...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/4/1952 | See Source »

Last year's Jubilee was held on the weekend of May 4 and 5. The traditional candlelight supper was held in the Union and was followed by an informal dance at Eliot House. Saturday the Yardlings witnessed the Compton Cup Race and then attended a formal dance in the Union. Eliot Lawrence's band played and the Krokodiloes sang...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '55 Jubilee Campaigns To Commence Sunday | 2/21/1952 | See Source »

Three other independents, John J. Foley, Edward A. Sullivan, and Francis L. Sennott dislike Atkinson. Reportedly, Foley is conducting a movement to enlist Karl Compton, president of M.I.T., as his successor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CCA Split Delays Vote on Atkinson For City Manager | 1/29/1952 | See Source »

Meanwhile, former M.I.T. president Dr. Karl T. Compton said that UMT could "become a great moral force in this nation." Compton asserted that communities near training camps would be encouraged to form citizens' committees "interested in the improvement" of trainees' welfare. Compton thought that this would make "a wholesome and healthful atmosphere for our young men in uniform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMT Could Replace Draft | 1/17/1952 | See Source »

...Wood was in his soth year as a full professor at Johns Hopkins University, and the brightest names in the scientific world wanted to help celebrate the occasion. Albert Einstein had written to pay his respects, Niels Bohr had cabled from Copenhagen, Robert A. Millikan, Harlow Shapley and Karl Compton all sent messages. In 50 years, scientists all over the world have grown accustomed to paying tribute to Professor Wood-and Johns Hopkins has grown just as used to having him as a legend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Great Experimenter | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

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