Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Korean War Memorial was given to David A. Norris '58, and the Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Prize was given to Michael A. Cooper '57. The prize goes each year to a pre-law senior of "outstanding intellect, character, and physique...
...fruits of intellect unsupported by faith are not necessarily richer life but more often superciliousness, fastidiousness, or even lacklustre and despair," President Pusey told the Class of 1957 yesterday...
Quakers Shakers. Raised as a good go-to-meeting Methodist, Psychiatrist Sargant examined the dramatic conversions made by Methodism's Founder John Wesley, decided that they fitted Pavlov's pattern. After early failures, Wesley turned his back on appeals to the intellect, made a frank and crude assault on the emotions. He preached so eloquently and graphically of the horrors of hell-fire.and brimstone that the wayward among his hearers found the prospect an unbearable stress, says Dr. Sargant. He quotes Wesley as describing meeting after meeting at which the penitent burst into tears, cried aloud, sweated profusely, shook...
...Marshall Scholarships were established in 1954 by Britain in appreciation for Marshall Plan aid. Twelve students from four districts of the United States, including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico receive grants for two years of study. Selection is on the basis of intellect and character, and candidates must hold a degree received for at least three years of college...
...whom reactions are always strong and most often favorable, the majority opinion holds that his intense and nearly formidable exterior is the true earnest of a lively and curious intellect, and that his seeming dogmatism and frank outspokeness is rather an extremely moral and courageous statement of opinion for its own sake. According to one of his former students, he will often take a point as the devil's advocate, in order to stimulate discussion and thinking. And he is always willing to shift his opinion in those rare cases in which he is bested. Asked whether he views teaching...