Word: branches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first, the new Constitution was adopted, permitting election to the chapter by three-fourths vote, instead of requiring unanimous consent, and incorporating as Article 4: "No oath or form of secrecy shall be required of any member of the Society, and all injunction of secrecy heretofore imposed by this branch of the Phi Beta Kappa Society shall be removed...
...Kappa antiques is on exhibition. Chief among those relies is the charter of the Harvard Chapter with the interesting footnote to the effect that "the eleventh aricle (dealing with the superiority of the central body) shall be rised (erased) as far as regards the superiority of this society (the branch at William and Mary, founders of the order) over that at Cambridge." The treasurer's account book of 1797 tells of a fund to aid distressed brethren; while a photostat copy of the original description of the key and the original manuscript of Thomas Hooper's address in 1790 complete...
...opportunity for a year's independent research in any branch of the broad field of social science is offered by the Social Science Research Council's research fellowship in Social Science, candidates for which must apply before tomorrow...
Applications for the Henry Fellowships for study at Oxford or Cambridge will close on January 1, 1932. The Fellowships, the most liberal aids to study abroad, are awarded annually to candidates who have both shown distinction in some branch of learning and who have also presented a definite plan of study or research abroad. This choice of work may be regarded as unrestricted if the British universities have the facilities for the work in question. The scheme of study must, however, be approved by the Committee of Management and by the British university...
...house with an out-of-town branch connected by direct wire is a "wire house." Size depends upon volume, hence ratings are unofficial. Considered biggest of wire houses is E. A. Pierce & Co. Logan & Bryan, potent in Chicago and the Far West, has been rated second largest...