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Dates: during 1960-1969
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These last four dominate what Joseph Everingham as Director has delineated as the first act, and though he moves them about energetically enough, the pace seems sluggish and tired. In the latter two acts, however, they recede--and the play becomes ridiculous. Donald Soule has provided a perfect wicker-cum-art nouveau...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: Misalliance | 7/27/1961 | See Source »

James Edward Gunn, 22, is a summa cum laude graduate in math and physics at Rice University, the Southwest's toughest campus. A straight-A high school graduate, Gunn attended Rice on a four-year scholarship, won a peck of academic prizes. "I've never been able really to determine the limits of his ability,'' says one physics professor. "I've never been able to ask him an exam question that he can't give a perfect answer to.'' Except for the astronomy club, Gunn steered clear of extracurricular activities, studied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Top of the Heap | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

Princeton's Valedictorian Frederic Kreisler, 21, a summa cum laude major in medieval history with a four-year average of A+, is a nephew of Violinist Fritz Kreisler, and himself an accomplished pianist. One professor calls him "intellectually and personally the most outstanding boy I ever met at Princeton." Fluent in French and German, he was top man at Pelham (N.Y.) Memorial High School, top freshman at Princeton, made Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and won a Carnegie grant for summer research at the University of Vienna on his thesis. "The Coronation of Charlemagne" (grade: A+). Known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Top of the Heap | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

...graduating from the Class of 1961 with honors, 28 are graduating summa cum laude; 13 magna cum laude with highest honors; 158 magna cum laude; and 303 cum laude. The degrees awarded in the graduate schools (also at separate affairs at noon) are as follows: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 413; Education, 190; Design, 68; Business Administration, 634; Public Administration, 46; Medicine, 131; Dental Medicine, 14; Public Health, 63; Law, 537; and Divinity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 970 Seniors, 2,145 Graduate Students Receive Degrees in Harvard's 310th Commencement | 6/15/1961 | See Source »

...Honors candidates (a hiatus corrected only a few months ago), it attracted more students into thesis writing and independent research. More than half the class will graduate with distinction; of a total of 970 degrees, there will be 28 summa, 13 magna with highest honors, 158 magna, 251 cum, and 52 cum in general studies. 468 students will receive an A.B. unadorned...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Class of 1961: Disappointment To High Honor in Academics | 6/14/1961 | See Source »

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