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...poetic interpretations of human destiny," Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, yesterday received an honorary doctor of letters degree from the University of Pittsburgh...
...MacLeish "has touched the lives of millions with beauty and poetic truth," the citation accompanying the degree said. "In his public career he has exemplified that same high sense of civic responsibility and human dignity which has marked his writing. As librarian of our national Library of Congress, as leader in the creation of UNESCO, he has exercised a profound influence on the intellectual life of our time...
...Bible and into modern dress with Job. An added tribulation is the flatness of some of Archibald MacLeish's poetry and dramaturgy, but all in all the evening is richly rewarding...
...program, which is described as a "dramatic presentation of the problems and benefits of a female education," will be narrated by Edward R. Murrow, CBS commentator and news analyst. Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, will close the show with his views on the topic...
Irving Gitlin, director of CBS public affairs, has agreed to donate the time from 9:05 to 10 p.m. as a "public service." Production of the show will be handled by CBS, with the cooperation of MacLeish and representatives from the colleges...