Yale University - Banner / Pot Pourri Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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1948 YALE

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For three days beginning October 15, 1947, a group of distinguished scientists gathered in New Haven to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the found- ing of the Sheffield Scientihc School. Underlying the learned speeches of the solemn academic gathering a dramatic story could be perceived-a story of pioneer- ing, of searching for th escientihc truths Which an ever- more complex civilization so desperately needed. It is a story made manifest by the tremendous expansion of the school and its scope, by the scientific giants it has produced, and the enthusiasm With Which the Uni- versity and the nation paid homage to its Hrst century. In the Words of Dean Emeritus Charles H. Warren: May the Sheffield Scientific School go forward into its second century of service .... to discover and 4