Talk:Babson College

A correspondent has more on the relief map

I just received this:

Edward W. Lollis

<[email protected]>to Daniel, Schera--Knoxvi.

Dear Mr. Smith:

I have found two on-line PDF files which provide intriguing "new" information ("new" to me, that is):

http://www.sla.org/speciallibraries/ISSN00386723V21N1.PDF indicates that the "great map" was under construction as of the end of 1929/beginning of 1930. This dates it five years BEFORE "Mapparium," the other Massachusetts geographic tour de force.

In http://www3.babson.edu/Archives/research_publications/upload/A&RCh22-24.pdf#xml Roger Babson himself wrote that "its horizontal scale is four miles to the inch [1:253,440], while its vertical scale is four miles to the foot." Babson also claimed that the map "performed great service during World War II, supplying vertical data to aviators and weather stations. This saved thousands of lives."

This reminds me that during or shortly after WW-II, the Army Map Service (AMS) went to considerable trouble to make plaster of Paris molds of every USGS 1:250,000 topographic quadrangle which has any significant relief (e.g. Appalachian and Rocky Mountains). The molds became privately owned several decades ago and are still the basis of vinyl relief maps sold to the public. See http://www.shnta.com/Other_Maps/Raised_Relief_Maps/usgsMain.htm.

There is an interesting history here for someone to research and compose, i.e. the history of pre-computer relief maps. Babson College archives must have volumes of plans and photos concerning the "great map." Maybe you or someone could request that the college put at least one good image of the map on-line. (I once asked the Virginia Military Institute about a trophy bell which used to hang on campus, and the archivist not only scanned a photo for me but immediately put it on-line. See http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archivephotos/Details.asp?ACCNUM=4415&rform=search.)

Please feel free to use any part of this or my previous e-mail (including my name) on Wikipedia and/or Wikipedia Talk. I am unfamiliar with the rules governing contributions to either and shall not post any of this informaiton myself.

U.S. News ranking

I made that last addition. Doesn't it fit nicely? I'm surprised it wasn't there originally. So much for the Trumps and that Wharton school they brag about. -Amit

I included the actual ranking in US News (number 49). I see how someone thought it was cute to only include a certain ranking and then pretend that this school is at all competitive with a school like Wharton. ---February 23, 2010

Mark Leung?

The description of him as "having a YouTube account" is complete BS. This page OBVIOUSLY doesn't list every member of Babson College that has a YouTube account. He is listed because he created a massively popular YouTube video with well over a million view on YouTube alone. It should reflect the fact that he created a popular video, not that he "has a YouTube account" because that is complete BS and not the reason why he is on here. It's also very disrespectful sounding and unprofessional because it is blatantly false.

I've changed the entry for now. If someone can say it better than myself feel free.

An ad poster rather than an article

This article sounds more like an advertisement to me. Its tone is so cheap. I went to usnews.com to verify its ranking and found that it is unranked. Please improve this article by modifying it to a neutral tone and include facts that are citable.

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Page violates promotion policy

This entire page relies on positive facts about the college. It is an obvious violation of WP:PROMOTION. Either multiple editors have relied too much on Babson's website for information or the college itself has extensively edited its own page. Please help in removing content that redirects to Babson's website and don't remove the primary sources template I have placed at the top. Curiocity1 (talk) 04:48, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Check it now; I reverted recent edits made by an undisclosed paid editor. ElKevbo (talk) 04:58, 2 February 2022 (UTC)