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...friends of Florence's bustling Mayor Giorgio La Pira are not surprised when he shows up somewhere without his shoes. They know, without asking, that he has given them to the poor. He regularly gives away clothing, food, and most of his salary. A bachelor, he sleeps in an unheated monastery cell or, in very cold weather, in the office of a doctor friend. La Pira is the extraordinary Christian who tries every hour of the day to practice what he reads in the Gospels...
...because several Junior colleges were awarding an Associate of Arts degree for only two years work. President Lowell and the faculty thought that degree was being cheapened, so they invented a new term, Adjunct in Arts, which the Commission gives new. The faculty will not award a Bachelor of Arts to an Extension student, for he does not take General examinations or participate in Tutorial work...
...holders of the Adjunct of Arts degree have been awarded sixteen Master of Arts degrees, eleven Masters of Education, one Bachelor of Sacred Theology, and five Doctors of Philosophy. Looking over this impressive list of what were once part time scholars. Dean Pheips modestly states, "it would seem, there fore, that the Extension courses and the degree for which they count are each year fulfilling the educational purpose for which they were originally established...
...lush gardens or along its mosaic sidewalks, he walks alone without attendants or bodyguards in sight. Probably no more than half a dozen Portuguese have been asked to sit at Salazar's table. He has two adopted daughters, 20 and 16. But he is a confirmed bachelor; there is no woman in his life. His drinking is confined to occasional sips of port, usually diluted; he allows no smoking in his presence...
...couch before the altar, with Actress Martin as an unmarried stage star, and Boyer a State Department charmer who pretends to be married so that no lady he woos can ever expect him to marry her. In due time, Miss Martin finds out that the deceiver is a bachelor, attempts revenge and, of course, achieves matrimony...