Word: elders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...front of the pulpit, the body of Mister Sam lay in a bronze casket under a mantle of deep red roses. "Whatever was great and noble in his life shall abide forever," said the Rev. Bernard Braskamp, chaplain of the House. "We are not saying farewell, only good night." Elder H. G. Ball, the Primitive Baptist Church pastor who had baptized Sam Rayburn just five years ago, intoned the eulogy. Then, while the organ played America, the Beautiful, six of Mister Sam's lifelong friends carried him away...
...other possible effect of the merger which both Bunting and Elder listed was that changing the name on the degree to Harvard" might make it more attractive women and increase the number of applications...
Both Mrs. Bunting and John P. Elder, Dean of the GSAS and the other speaker on the merger at the Faculty meeting, participated that when funds were limited, women would not have the same chance for fellowships...
...pointed out that the GSAS decision amounted to a rubber-stamping, since Departments, CEP, and the Administrative Board have already considered and approved the merger. No discussion whatsoever preceded the vote, except for introductory speeches by John P. Elder, Dean of the GSAS, and Mary I. Bunting, president of Radcliffe...
Donald is the disaffected younger son of the land-rich, tax-poor Rodingham clan. His elder brother (Denholm Elliott), an elegant spendthrift who likes to know where his next cobwebby bottle of wine is coming from, plans to sell the 500-year-old family mansion. The buyer (Torin Thatcher) is an upstart real estate operator who likes to tromp on the middle of other people's sentences. But he has a couth and cultured wife (Kim Hunter) who likes to write. Donald writes too and, with a short story contest in view, he helps her work out the mechanics...