Word: beta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Drawing from a previously disclaimed source which gave credence to a current misimpression, Thursday's CRIMSON erroneously quoted arbitrary, purely scholastic standards as requisite for election to the Phi Beta Kappa Society...
Sixteen students, half of them graduates have been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Saul Sherman '47, secretary of the organization announced yesterday. Three of the new men are members of the class of '44, two are from '45' eight from '47, and three from...
...Beta Kappa Society normally holds two elections, each year, selecting men in the spring and at commencement. For the eight men of Junior rank chosen each year the requirements are nine A's out of 12 courses, while Seniors must make 11 A's out of their total of 16 courses...
...clarify the misconceptions evidenced in the article and in the statement of Mr. Rose, we enclose two pictures. One is of an actual Wellesley girl waiting for a bus to Chelsea (note the Phi Beta Kappa key over the right ear). The other is merely a typical product of our cooperative house at Radcliffe. The wonderful part about this Radcliffe "doll" is that she combines not only the legs of Mrs. Billy Rose and the brain of Miss Wellesley '46 but also she wraps it up very neatly in a 5 ft. 8 in., auburned-haired, 128 lb. package...
Like radium, the glass fragments and the steel gave off alpha rays (ionized helium atoms), beta rays (electrons) and gamma rays (natural X rays). The proportions of the rays varied with the material. The steel gave off the most gamma rays. Sometimes the radiation from a piece gave a sudden, brief spurt, much above its normal level...