Word: diploma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...buff study cards in February to mature in blue examination books in June. Spring brings plans for summer jobs, plans which are recorded in letters starting: "I am interested in obtaining . . ." Spring brings plans for commencement, plans which wind up in the neat hand-lettered Old English of a diploma, or the equally neat typescript of a letter from a dean. Spring brings plans for the drive to Wellesley along Route 16, plans which are never written down at all. Spring is a plan and a hope, a fresh start, a clean slate, a new lease on life. Spring...
...with the elbows flailing wide, for better balance and protection in a pack. At week's end, McKenley ran again in the 500-yard at Brooklyn's Knights of Columbus meet and finished third. "He learns fast," said Gibson, who expected to hand his star pupil a diploma by the time the indoor season reached its peak at the Millrose Games later this month...