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OHIO: Richard A. Chenoweth, 17, of Akron; Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.; Robert T. Edmunds, 17, of Toledo; DeVilbiss High School, Toledo; David L. Giele, 17, of Dayton Fairmont High School, Dayton; Glenn S. Goodwin, 17, of Euclid; Euclid Central High School; Robert E. L. Rochelle, 17, of Cleveland Heights; Heights High School, Cleveland Heights; Donald T. Trautman, 18, of Cleveland; Western Reserve Academy, Hudson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 39 WIN NATIONAL HONOR STIPENDS | 5/29/1942 | See Source »

...teaching himself Latin for the purpose, he began his five-year study of Newton's Principia. In it he discovered an error. At 19 his brother-in-law gave him a copy of Euclid's Elements; Bowditch later concluded that Euclid was "a second-rate mathematician." To study French mathematicians, he taught himself French. His method was simple. He got a copy of the New Testament and a French dictionary. When he had translated the New Testament into French, he knew French (except its pronunciation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Honorificabilitudinity | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...principle of nonviolence may be compared to Euclid's definition of a line as having no dimensions, but in practice it assumes some thickness. Persons can follow the policy of nonviolence only as far as is practicable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Bundles for Britain | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

Robert B. Loftfield, of Euclid, Ohio, who is concentrating in chemistry and will attend the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 10 NATIONAL SCHOLARS IN SENIOR CLASS TO RECEIVE GRADUATE STUDY AWARDS | 5/27/1941 | See Source »

...Frederick J. Harrlgan '42, Lisbon, N. H.; John T. Harrington '42, Madison, Wiz.; Robert D. Hill '42, Wilmore, Ky.; Howard P. K. Hoddick '43, Alexandria, Va.; John W. Hursh '42, Cloquet, Minn.; Humphrey G. Hutchinson '41, Knoxville, Tenn.; Robert H. Ingram '42, Alameda, Calif.; Scott R. Inkley '43, South Euclid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $45,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN 119 UPPERCLASSMEN | 11/1/1940 | See Source »

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