Word: diploma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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British youngsters were puzzled as to why the U.S. needs so many refrigerators, furnaces, canned goods. The size and climatic variety of the U.S. seems hard for them to grasp. Many questions concern education: the difference between a school certificate and a diploma or between a college and a university; the means of working one's way through college; the spread of education. One conclusion heard at a session last week: "Well, I suppose then that Americans are a bit more educated than...
...bookwormish, overfond of baker's buns. His father, a St. Louis lawyer, christened him Edward H. O'Hare. But the neighborhood dubbed him "Butch." Hard-muscled, no longer fat, he was still "Butch" when he took his diploma at Annapolis, then went on to Pensacola to train as a U.S. Navy flyer...
...Diplomas will be awarded by the Commanding Officer of the Chaplain School, Colonel William D. Cleary, who will give one diploma to each of the 16 section leaders of the class in behalf of the members of his section. Chaplain (1st Lieutenant) Lester P. White will offer the Invocation and Chaplain (Major) Hal C. Keller will pronounce the blessing. Music will be provided by the 241st Coast Artillery band...
...Parole: Diploma...
Lieutenant Morton Lustig was awarded both the diploma for excellence in his studies and the Commanding Officers' award, a set of gold bars and Air Force insignia presented to the student of each class who is recognized as outstanding in all phases of work at the School...