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...modesty of the young Haverford senior who, overburdened with honors, attired himself as a girl and attended his commencement incognito is therefore, very pleasing. He allowed his class poem to be read by a substitute while he received his degree as well as certain prizes and eulogies "in absentia," smiling appreciatively from his inconspicuous seat in the auditorium like any gushing maiden...
James John Davis, Secretary of Labor (and hence executive head of im- migration activities) presented in absentia his report to the President. He proposed three major changes in our immigration laws...
...machines. Abrams' main card is his method of "splanchno-diagnosis" (abdominal). It is applied to blood specimens, cultures of tissues from the body of a patient, or even to samples of his handwriting! The tests may be conducted in absentia with the patient 3,000 miles away. For best results the samples must be taken under certain prescribed conditions?dim light, no red in room, patient facing west! The specimens are placed on aluminum electrodes in a small, round box called a "dynamizer," connected by an elaborate wiring system with a "rheostat dynamizer" for amplifying the reactions, a " vibratory rate...
Harvey Foo-Ding Huong 3E.T.S., of Hankow, China, received his degree of Bachelor of Divinity in absentia as he was granted a leave of absence early in the spring. Herbert Brooke Morris 3E.T.S., of Pawhuska, Okla, was also awarded a degree of Bachelor of Divinity, while Joseph Buchanan Bernardin 3E.T.S., of Kansas City, Mo., and Allen Williams Clark 3E.T.S., of Boston were awarded degrees of Bachelor of Divinity cum laude...
...make the Committee happy and his class album a success. The Committee's campaign to have the highest percentage of Senior Photographs yet printed in a class album can turn out successfully only if the individual members of the class co-operate. Unfortunately, photographs cannot be taken "in absentia," so Seniors should see to it that they keep their appointments with the photographer...