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Show Athletes Get' Too Much Attention, Says Teacher Too much time is wasted celebrating celebrat-ing athletic victories by students, business men and the public generally, gener-ally, while a "lamentable lack of appreciation ap-preciation Is accorded scientific attainments," at-tainments," Prof. Ira B. Cross of the University of California believes. Addressing the Lions club at Berkeley, Berke-ley, Calif., the economic Instructor criticized Eerkeleyans who greeted members of the university crews, victors vic-tors in thi Olympic shell races at Amsterdam. Only two men who rowed in the winning race arrived home, but schools were given a half holiday. "If Doctor Millikan, discoverer of the cosmic ray, a truly wonderful feat, paid a visit to Berkeley, would he be given the welcome that these two oar pullers were accorded?" asked Professor Cross. "Of course not, he would hardly be noticed." The professor also deplored Berkeley's Berke-ley's attempt to attract industries, declaring de-claring that the city "cannot remain an lntelluetual center and also become be-come a factory town." |