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After obtaining his A.B. degree from Yale in 1871, where he made Phi Beta Kappa, Professor Lanman studied Sanskrit in Germany and became professor at Harvard in 1880. Professor Lanman edited the Harvard Oriental Series, which consisted of 36 volumes. He wrote many books and articles on East Indian subjects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: C. H. Lanman, Wales Professor Of Sanskrit, Emeritus, Dies | 2/21/1941 | See Source »

...investigation has burrowed its way into the intricacies of Harvard's academic machinery, and perhaps the most consistent sufferer is the tutorial system. But the still new and rough-edged gears of this phenomenon continue to demand overhauling. Latest trouble-shooter to tackle the problem is the Phi Beta Kappa Society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHI BETA SNOOPEES | 2/20/1941 | See Source »

...clock Student Union Officers, 1940 4.00: o'clock Rifle Team 4:15 o'clock CRIMSOM 4:30 o'clock Lampoon 4:45 o'clock University Orchestra 5:00 o'clock Phillips Brooks House, Officers, 1940 5:15 o'clock Student Council 5:30 o'clock Phi Beta Kappa TOMORROW 3:00 o'clock Advocate 3.15 o'clock Yachi Club 4:30 o'clock Ski Team 4:45 o'clock Progressive 5:00 o'clock Guardian Eliot L. Richardson, Photographic Chairman, 1941 Class Album...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALBUM GROUP PICTURES | 2/12/1941 | See Source »

...well populated as it is now before exams. The U.T., McBride's and Dirty Mary's will be things of the past, and the Stag Club will replace its bottles with books. And when the conversation at Mike's Club sounds like a seminar in Paleontology, when Phi Beta Kappa keys are as common as Coop cards, then the latent optimism in Dean Hanford's report will stand justified in the eyes of posterity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCELSIOR! | 2/5/1941 | See Source »

...poker, good company and a moderate amount of good liquor. Logical, simple and direct, he despises ostentation. When he was coordinator of the Resettlement Administration, he got sick of Administrator Rexford Tugwell's bright young men who loved to sit around the conference table waggling their Phi Beta Kappa keys. One day the colonel marched into conference, casually threw back his coat and exposed, on a heavy brass chain, a souvenir hotel key large enough to choke a horse. Last week the colonel scored another point, just as quietly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: In Good Faith | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

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