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Student response to the proposals has been mild compared to the mass outrage on the Hanover, N.H. campus last fall, when the crackdown on Greek-centered social life began...
...that books should not be judged by their covers. I wholeheartedly agreed. Goodness that involved moral merit, intelligence and perseverance were productive, but beauty seemed like a perfectly worthless quality. I remember being very puzzled when I browsed through the encyclopedia and came across an article on Phryne, a Greek courtesan from the 4th century B.C. who earned such wealth through her beauty that she offered to rebuild the walls of Thebes on the condition that they should be inscribed, "Destroyed by Alexander, Restored by Phryne the Courtesan." I couldn't understand how she got to share space...
Sigma Chi, the only Greek organization on campus with its own house, has also grown, said outgoing President Hector C. Bove '00, who is also a Crimson executive...
...hardly imagine a world without an abundance of printed matter, and thus we take for granted an invention that produced astonishing consequences. Early printed books tended to resemble, in appearance as well as content, the hand-copied manuscripts they were replacing. The dissemination of the writings of Greek and Roman authors led to a revival of the classical learning that spurred the Renaissance. Printed religious texts put the word of God directly into the hands of lay readers. Such personal contacts helped fuel the Protestant Reformation...
Darling's reputation for getting things done extends beyond the council. He is currently the vice president of the National Senior Classical League, a society of Latin and Greek scholars...