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...Renaissance. Around that time, a sweet wind of humanism swept across the dark face of Europe, bringing with it a new interest in Latin classics and Greek philosophy, a delight in racy troubadour songs and epic verse, and a keener awareness of the dignity of man. The Magna Carta was signed, and the great Gothic cathedrals of Chartres, Notre Dame and Reims were begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Sweet Wind Out of the Dark | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

Pusey is the first President of the University to be born west of the Mississippi. A native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, he studied English and Comparative Literature at Harvard under the late Irving Babbitt, graduating magna in 1928. He received his A.M. from Harvard in 1932 and his Ph.D...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Pusey Announces Decision To Retire in June of 1971 | 2/17/1970 | See Source »

...proposal would reduce the requirements for honors at graduation. Law students now must have an A-average to win cum laude, A to win magna cum laude, and A + to win summa cum laude. The new plan would change the requirements to B-, B +, and A respectively...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: Law School Students Ask New System Proposed Grading Is Optional All 3 Years | 2/4/1970 | See Source »

Slichter-son of Harvard economist Sumner Slichter-came here as a member of the Class of 1945 and graduated magna cum laude in 1946. A year later he earned his A. M.. and in 1949 he received his Ph. D. During World War II he worked at the Underwater Explosives Research Laboratory at Woods Hole...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Professors to be on Corporation | 1/13/1970 | See Source »

...just to see the U.S.?and learned, among many other things, that trucks were not built the way he and truck drivers thought they should be. For instance, a coat hanger in some truck cabs could puncture a driver's skull in case of an accident. He graduated magna cum laude and won a Phi Beta Kappa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Lonely Hero: Never Kowtow | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

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