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Part of the discrepancy lies in the differing requirements for honors, the science departments judging a candidate on his course work alone, the social sciences on a mixture of grades, thesis, and tutorial. But the variations of awards among allied fields precludes explaining the problem solely in these terms. Whether a degree with honors should indicate individual, original work, or a flawless record along a prescribed schedule, the student seeking a graduate berth urgently needs a reappraisal of this higher distinction--be it a significant award or a departmental fluke...
...with either machine. A year ago, the Washington State Press Club gave old-time Photographer Lynch a prize (for a picture of a murderer's wife tearfully comforting the victim's mother). Last week Slim Lynch, who has now put his camera aside, got another Press Club award-this time, for the best-written feature story in any newspaper in the state...
...Olivia de Havilland, in accepting the Best Actress Award (for her work in To Each His Own), came onstage as gauzy and misty-eyed as a Walt Disney angel. She began with a ten-second acceptance speech of simple thanks, fought for control, lost, talked on for another ten seconds and still another. Later, when her sister, Joan Fontaine, rushed backstage to congratulate her, Olivia froze and moved away. (The girls were standoffish even before Joan beat out Olivia for the 1941 Oscar...
There was only one small, embarrassing problem: British movies, which have been pretty good lately. Three minor awards went to British films for scripting and special effects and a "special award" to Producer-Director-Actor Laurence Olivier for his masterly Henry...
Among other things, the measures adopted will raise the ceiling on University resident scholarships from $1200 to $1500 and permit a scholarship recipient to hold a small teaching fellow appointment during his award tenure...