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Actually Tech's connection with non-scientific study dates to its origin, but not since the 1930's and the presidency of Karl Compton did M.I.T.'s courtship with higher non-scientific learning begin in earnest...
...Before Compton took over, Tech was purely a teaching organization, rather than an institution which produced creative an institution which produced creative scholarship. The first departments Compton built up to "excellent" status were the Physics, Chemistry, Quantitive Biology, and Mathematics divisions. It was through its emphasis on these subjects that Teach developed its reputation as an engineer assembly line...
...Higher Loyalty. Chairman of the opening meeting was Presbyterian Dr. Arthur Holly Compton, atomic physicist and chancellor of Washington University St. Louis...
...represent," said Dr. Compton, those who consider it a matter of great significance that in the sight of God it is man, not the state, that counts ... The fact that theism demands a higher loyalty than that to the state means that those who consider the state supreme must fight belief in God. That is why there should be no rivalry between the churches, so that religious groups can form a spearhead in the defense of freedom...
...Compton cops had been watching the whole performance. They charged in, yelling. Tommy and the three girls got into the car and drove off as the cops began shooting. But the policemen caught Larry Collins, the 14-year-old recruit. He talked. A little later the police converged on Peggy Byrns's house, found the rest of the gang. All five were charged with robbery, the original trio with murder. None showed any remorse...