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With 34 seconds remaining on the clock and the visitors behind by five at 83-78, coach Frank McLaughin was forced to bring back his starting line-up to sew up the victory over his alma mater...
Take the delicate question of social prestige-a "perfectly understandable" concern, Hawes assures, since "associating with persons of high social status is of course widely taken to be good in itself." Of course. To determine how high a school ranks in social prestige, Hawes has simply counted the alma maters of those listed in the Social Register. Thus, with 94 listings, Cincinnati outranks Sarah Lawrence, which has 40. He cautions that his prestige ratings may be unfair to women's colleges, since the Social Register omits data on college for many matrons. The most prestigious ten, according to Hawes...
Cambridge Society for Early Music features "Unknown Bach" on Monday, as Joshua Rifkin conducts an oboe concerto, violin concerto and the first "modern" performance of Bach's reorchestration of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater." Go to Sanders Theatre at 8:30 p.m. to find out whether or not there was a reason that these pieces remained unknown for so long. Dial 247-1465 or 723-7328 for more info...
...perhaps her condition would improve, and she would be able to talk to him about more of her Harvard experiences, about her life before moving to Cambridge in 1954, about the bookstore which she managed in addition to her job to raise money for Bryn Mawr, her alma mater...
...also founded the Bryn Mawr Book Sale in 1957 to raise money for scholarships to her alma mater. In addition to her full-time work at Harvard, she volunteered 20 hours a week at the store, located on Huron Ave. in Cambridge. Each year, the store raises more than $25,000 for the scholarship fund...