Education: Ivy & Jets

At Princeton, the graceful ivy of the liberal arts grows as green as at any school in the land. But the ivy has not blinded Princeton to the importance of such rough & tumble subjects as aerodynamics and supersonics. Since World War II, somewhat to the distress of oldtimers in sedate and leafy Princeton, N.J., the university has been busy with basic research in such noisy things as rockets and ramjet engines for military aircraft. This week, with the U.S. defense effort in mind, Princeton proudly announced that it was plunging even deeper into...

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