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...Legislators walked into the Capitol without hindrance from the military. They presented a call for a special session, signed by 65 of their number, to the Secretary of State. The Secretary said it was " the most glorious doctrine in the history of Oklahoma, a new Magna Charta of American liberties...
Each year, in recognition of superior scholarship, the Commencement Program sets aside certain names of those who have earned degrees with special honor. A degree 'cum laude" may be won by general excellence judged on the basis of grades; the higher honors, "magna cum laude" and "summa cum laude" are awarded only to those who have shown unusual ability in their special field, as indicated by a good scholastic record, a thesis, and usually an oral examination. A personal test of this sort, before a few members of the department, and supplemented with a thesis and course records, is surely...
...English Department, however, it is still possible to receive a degree "magna cum" or "summa cum" without this oral examination. That department still distinguishes between a degree "with distinction" and a degree "with Honors". This latter, which requires a severe oral quiz and a long thesis in addition to a high course record and certain specified studies, entitles the successful candidate to "Honors" or "Highest Honors". But the "magna cum" or "summa cum" is awarded without any oral examination, and with more lenient requirements in other respects: Anglo-Saxon, for example, is not necessary; and the thesis represents less exacting...
...student whose concentration is in the Classics. By increasing his courses from six to eight, two of which may be in allied fields, and by attaining the necessary standing in his General Examinations, he can obtain the Degree with Distinction in either of the three grades, cum, magna cum or summa cum laude. For Honors, the highest prize that the Department of the Classics has to bestow, the student must show distinguished ability in the writing of Greek and Latin prose. This subject is no mere exercise in grammar; it clears one's thoughts and trains one's style. Many...
...moment. The typewriter followed--and the phonograph--and the camera. Now to photography, motion has been added. Already in the few short years of their existence they have made possible advantages that from our close viewpoint are almost incalculable. The actual scenes of the signing of the Magna Carta or of the landing of Christopher Columbus, or of the winter at Valley Forge are gone for all time; but every great event taking place now or hereafter will be preserved for succeeding generations exactly as it happened. Great masterpieces of literature, coming upon the screen are securing for themselves...