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...Plains, Ga., that was on their minds. As a longtime friend, Nelson was there in his bushier-than-ever beard to help the Carters celebrate their hometown's 100th birthday. The party began with a five-mile road race; the former - President and still earnest jogger came in 314th out of 437 with a time of 40:35. He did better during the parade down Main Street, leading the way with Rosalynn past 7,000 cheering visitors and kinfolk. Brother Billy is both these days, and he was spotted on the edge of the crowd, having dropped by from Waycross...
Adlai E. Stevenson, America's Ambassador to the United Nations, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from President Pusey this morning at the University's 314th Commencement...
...amorphous procession of academics, divines, politicians, and sundry associates of the University will bring three centuries of tradition with it during the march into today's Commencement exercises In its distinctly Harvard spirit if not specific forms, the 314th Commencement will be very much like the first...
Times have changed only slightly since. The revelry has become more sophisticated and subdued but Commencement is still one of New England's grandest spectaculars. What passes for traditional academic pomp mingled with joyous celebration is just as much kindergarten as college: once a year, now for the 314th time, the boys of Harvard are playing a game they call a festive rite, a game interrupted in three centuries only by a smallpox epidemic...
President Pusey will welcome 1091 Harvard seniors into the fellowship of educated men this morning at the University's 314th Commencement exercises in Tercentenary Theatre. Another 2581 will receive graduate degrees and be welcomed into the fellowship of the super-educated...