Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...furloughs must have "at least three broken limbs . . . the Order of the Purple Heart with at least two Oak Leaf Clusters ... at least five of the following medals: Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Iron Cross, Order of the Knight of the Bath, Navy Cross, Legion of Merit, Hero of the Soviet Union...
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, long absent from the headlines because of his secret war duties, received the Legion of Merit in a chatty, informal White House ceremony. Cited for "outstanding services" in surveying Pacific islands, the explorer was called "Dick" by the President, who remarked that the medal was "one of the loveliest ones we have." Said greying Admiral Byrd: "Thank you, Franklin...
Your article, "Merit System for Teachers" (TIME, Dec. 11), describing a nine-point rating scale for teachers, which was developed at the University of Washington, presents an interesting problem when applied to some of the world's great teachers. I am surprised to discover that when measured by this scale, Pestalozzi, Vittorino, Confucius, Socrates, and Christ rate shockingly low. They do not seem to measure up in research or in activities...
Lieut. Colonel Edward K. Thompson, head of our Picture Bureau before the war, holds the Legion of Merit... Writer Hugh Fosburgh (now 2nd Lieut. Fosburgh) has the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters...and Captain David Walter Allard of our Cleveland staff has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart and the Croix de guerre with palm for "extraordinary heroism in action." (Allard volunteered to swim the Seine under heavy fire to scout out German positions - was wounded getting back - "despite great pain gave detailed accounts of the enemy disposition that contributed greatly to the success...
This book by Father Terence Connolly, chairman of the Department of English at Boston College, is not a conventional biography of Thompson. It is a simple, straightforward record of Father Connolly's pilgrimage to the places in England where Thompson lived and suffered. Its chief merit is its warm picture of English Catholic life, beginning with a superb portrait of Wilfred Meynell (now 92) at home among his Thompson mementos...