Word: diploma
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...family tradition James progressed from Groton to Harvard. The Roosevelts are not distinguished for scholarship* but James nevertheless stayed off probation (flunkers' list). He joined the Fly Club (social). Signet Society (literary) and the junior varsity crew, got his diploma six months late because he had failed to pass German...
...time he finally got his diploma from Harvard James Roosevelt had followed another Roosevelt tradition, of marrying young. In choosing blonde, sapphire-eyed Betsey Gushing, whom he met at a dance in Boston, James made what is probably his best decision to date...
...advice from Mr. Culbertson is printed in 110 newspapers, from Mrs. Culbertson in 56. That brings them in $30,000 a year. They publish two magazines, Bridge World and Games Digest. They run a bridge club in Manhattan. Bridge teachers, mostly widows making a haphazard living, find a Culbertson "diploma" almost indispensable. And yearly courses are required to keep the diploma up to date...
...National Ski Association last week took steps. The association, a member of the Federation Internationale de Ski, believes that U. S. skiing has reached the point where only teachers of proven qualifications should give skiing instruction, as is the custom in Europe. To gain this approval, plus a handsome diploma, potential U. S. Ski-meisters journeyed to Bolton, Vt. to be inspected by Otto Eugen Schniebs, head of the newly formed American Ski School...
...plastics and new advances in scientific knowledge. After that there will be three years of technical and practical work in any one of six divisions: 1) wood, metal, plastics; 2) textiles; 3) color in decoration; 4) light, photography, typography, cinema; 5) glass, clay, stone; 6) display, staging. A diploma from one of these courses will entitle a student to proceed with two years of architecture. Chicagoans, impressed by Director Moholy-Nagy's long-renowned versatility, energy and pleasant manners, thought the success of his school was a foregone conclusion. Tuition: $335 per year. Eligibility: high-school education, ability...