Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Helen Brooke Taussig, noted for research on congenital heart disease, and Simon S. Kuznets, Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins, were each awarded the degree of Doctor of Science. Douglas Horton, Dean of the Divinity School, became an honorary Doctor of Divinity; American composer Samuel Barber, Doctor of Music; and Lawrence Terry, Headmaster of Middlesex School, received an honorary Master of Arts degree. Terry was cited as a "Rugged, kindly son of Harvard, an enlightened servant of education and school...
OXFORD, June 8--Gamesmanship and Oneupmanship were in widespread use yesterday as the Harvard-Yale track team completed its last hard workout before the meet Wednesday evening with Oxford and Cambridge in London's White City Stadium. Kevin Gilligan, Oxford's excellent distance runner did his best to undermine American morale yesterday by taking his workout in the Iffley Road running ground at the same time as the U.S. team was practicing. Gilligan began running along with two Yale performers, miler Jim Wade and two-miler John Morrison, planning to do a half-mile in two laps, run through another...
...weekend before, off Block Island, the Enterprise had won the American Cup Series. In the exciting new world of talking pictures, the front runner, ironically enough, was "All Quiet on the Western Front," and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. starred in "The Way of All Men." In the Times' Sunday book review section, Al Capone--The Biography of a Self-made Man was offered for sale...
...eight major Eastern teams agreed to compete in benefit games for unemployment relief, Harvard, following its President's firm policy, refused to go along. Later, however, voluntary collections were allowed at some home games. After a tight 7-6 victory over Dartmouth, the unbeaten Crimson eleven, led by All-American Barry Wood, confidently faced their New Haven rivals in the season's traditional final game--and lost, by a heartbreaking 3-0 score at the hands of Albie Booth...
Holiday, U.S.A. (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Versatile Folk Singer-Actor Burl Ives sounds off on American song styles from 19th century tinkle-tankle to the latest Broadway specimens...