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Rudolf Serkin, the concert pianist and recording artist, received the only Doctor of Music awarded today. His citation: "A many-sided artist--teacher, interpreter, performer; his deep knowledge and passionate devotion to his calling encompass the generations and happily affect both listeners and learners...
...Among U.S. Southern Presbyterians, a minor defection has exploded into a full-scale schism. At a meeting last week in Atlanta of representatives from 261 congregations, the delegates voted 349 to 16 to form a new denomination called the Continuing Presbyterian Church. The dissident congregations encompass some 70,000 of the 950,000 members in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. All 70,000 may not make the break, since local congregations must still approve the move, but feelings are strong among the seceders against what they see as liberal trends in the church...
WHEN PSYCHOSURGERY WAS first developed, many experts feared that the operations would produce vegetable cases like the lobotomies did a few years ago. So far, psychosurgery has proved relatively successful. The question in this trial encompass not only the ethics of psychosurgery, but the legal implications of the operation for the so-called criminally insane...
...Union's seven demands, which encompass the issues behind the strike, call for changes in the Kraus plan's calculation and distribution of financial aid to graduate students, revised University budgetary priorities, and a larger voice in educational policymaking...
Unique activities and facilities of the Houses encompass a wide variety of fields, including workshops in photography, carpentry, and auto mechanics. Also there is a sparsely equipped weight room at South House, a Gourmet Society led by Mrs. Von Stade in her kitchen at Mather, jazz jams and auctions...