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...frats, moreover, have deep roots in Penn's history, and to suggest that they are perhaps a bit archaic is to incur undying hatred from many prominent (and wealthy) alumni. The "old grad" would as soon sacrifice a thousand professors as do away with old Kappa Dappa Doo. Whether or not it likes the system, the University is shackeled to it for the foreseeable future...

Author: By Adam Clymer and George H. Watson, S | Title: Penn Stresses the Useful and the Ornamental | 11/3/1956 | See Source »

...with little book-cracking, loafed, played poker, dated coeds. Remembers one: "He was pretty forward, but he was good company." Pledged to Sigma Nu, his father's fraternity, Herman helped guide a revolt by smaller fraternities against the big three-Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Chi Phi and Kappa Alpha-that traditionally controlled the university's Pan Hellenic Society. For his politicking, Herman won some patronage: the Pan Hellenic presidency in his senior year. Like his father, he joined the Phi Kappa debating society, but there was a difference in their styles. Campus audiences remembered Gene's chewing tobacco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: The Red Galluses | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

...Beta Kappa Finalist...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: It Would Have Been Fun... | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

...least one finalist in the Miss 'Cliffe contest was a Phi Beta Kappa. Betsy C. Ross '55 received this scholastic honor, as well as the honor of being a member of the executive board of the Student Government Association...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: It Would Have Been Fun... | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

...family," but recommended Brown because it was smaller and because of its fine staff. So the lonely son of the richest man in the world packed his bags and went to Providence. There he worked hard at sociology and economics, got high marks and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; much of his spare time he spent teaching the boys' Bible class of a nearby Baptist church, or working in the college Y.M.C.A. To his surprise, John soon found that his quiet and modest ways were winning him a sincere and ready liking. He was elected president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: The Good Man | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

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