Word: cumming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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General examinations were abandoned four years ago. A thesis is the only remaining hurdle for honors candidates, and this can by-passed with five A's and a B for Cum Laude. Non-honors candidates can slip through with only the requireds plus a course in basic piano...
...Kyrie, in which lone syllables appeared and vanished with no apparent intention, the Chorus climbed to heights of accuracy and cooperation in the Gloria. The "Qui Tollis" was an achievement which is impossible to describe, and the transition without pause from subdued "Quoniam" to the crashing joy of the "Cum Sancto Spritu" was one of the most dramatic moments I have ever heard in music. Though things, got a little out of control in the "Et Resurrexit," the chorus redeemed itself in a powerful and cleanout performance of the "Sanetus...
...conductor. At no time was there the slightest doubt that he was in complete control and knew just what he was doing. He has a sense of contrast and dramatic effect which he has trained his musicians to execute. The mighty invocation, "Jesu Christe," followed by a bursting "Cum Saneto Spiritu" was as impressive as any singing around. Though the memory of the "Dona Nobis Pacem" was destroyed by a recessional hymn, it was, while it lasted, no less than magnificent...
...College 448 degrees were awarded, of which 397 were for the A.B. degree and 51 for the S.B. degree. Ninety men received their degrees cum laude; 44, magna cum laude; two, magna cum laude, with highest honors; and five, summa cum laude...
Manhattan's Barnard College for girls had always expected big things of Judith Coplon. She majored in history, was managing editor of the college paper, graduated cum laude in 1943. Said her class yearbook: "Deeply philosophical about the fundamentals of life ... an astute analytical mind lurks behind a baby face and emotional brown eyes." Judith joined the economic warfare section of the Department of Justice, rose fast enough to justify her classroom promise. Her job was analyzing the records of foreign agents registering for activities...