Word: missing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dulles is gone, and all America will miss him. But most of all, he'll be missed by those of us who I know are many-ex-Marines-who saw in him a man with spine, guts and self-respect. This was an American. This...
...when work is forbidden, fell during a series of lectures before a make-or-break exam in pathology. Abe, as students and professors call him, met the situation by studying by himself all the preceding summer, put himself so far ahead of his class that he could afford to miss the lectures. "I hated like heck to miss them," he explains, "but I creamed that exam...
...whom Harvard now takes joyous pride;" of Stratton, "We rejoice in the election to high office of this humane, perceptive man of science, a good neighbor and helpful friend;" of Geyl, "Our knowledge of history has been deepened by this thoughtful historian's illumination of his kind;" of Miss Taussig, "Brilliant daughter of a brilliant father, her scientific investigations have helped to save countless children from death or lives of crippling pain;" of Barber, "His music lends strength and grace to the culture of our time...
...Miss Lucy Busselle of Everett House was awarded the Captain Jonathan Fay Prize, given to the member of the graduating class who, "during her whole course by her scholarship, conduct and character has given evidence of the greatest promise...
Administrative fiat also forced the curtailment of another more recent Harvard institution. The Class of '59 was the last class to have the pleasure of having a "Miss Radcliffe." After Miss Radcliffe '59 had been chosen, the Radcliffe Administration ruled that Radcliffe girls would no longer be allowed to participate in the event. Apparently, involvement in a college-wide beauty contest had not been beneficial to the later academic standing of several of the girls selected...