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Much like the laurel wreath of ancient Greece, the honorary degree is to some extent a measure of the nation's esteem for human achievement. This year the man most voluminously laureled by the U.S. academic community was Jesuit Theologian John Courtney Murray (TIME cover, Dec. 12, 1960), chief architect of the Vatican Council's historic declaration on religious liberty. He received six honorary doctorates, from Yale, Columbia, Fordham, Gonzaga, Fairfield and Detroit universities...
Also, Lucy G. Quimby of Washington, D.C. (History); Neva G. Rockefeller of New York City (English); Lois J. Schiffer of Washington, D.C. (Social Studies); Judith Temkin of Baltimore, Md. (Anthropology); Laurel Blossom Thomas of Cleveland, Ohio (English); Joan H. Weens of Atlanta, Ga. (Biochemical Sciences); and Laura J. White horn of New Rochelle, N.Y. (History and Literature...
...aware," said Father Laurel at Barcelona's Monastery of Sarriá, "that to follow the principles of the Gospel and of the Vatican Council to their utmost meaning in our country, one may come under the definition of 'unlawfulness.' But this does not frighten us. Jesus Christ was the first to go against the law-against the law of the Caesars, of the Jews and of occupying powers...
Rare words for a Catholic priest, and rarer still for a Catholic priest in Spain, where the church has always hewed closely to the gospel according to Franco. But last week throughout Barcelona, one priest after another was echoing Father Laurel's sermon in the wake of the bloody police attack on 120 black-robed priests in Barcelona early this month (TIME, May 20). The clash erupted when the priests staged a march protesting alleged police brutality in connection with anti-government student unrest at Barcelona University...
...Latin Is, Pusey No," was the chant of 2000 traditionalists, led by a sixth year Latin student who, complete with toga and laurel wreath, orated from the steps of Widener on the virtues of the classics. The crowd decided to vent their indignation on President Pusey, who first merely wondered, "Why can't I ever have a quiet evening at home," and then tried to justify the Latin-to-English switch in verse (borrowed from the Bryn Mawr alumnae bulletin...