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...Faculty of Arts and Sciences has awarded a number of annual prizes for theses and doctoral dissertations. The George B. Sohier Prize was awarded to Henry S. Heifetz '57-4 for his senior honors thesis entitled "The Development of Imagery and Thought in the Poetry of Edwin Muir." Honorable mention went to Judith C.R. Davies...
...simple statistic. In the quartercentury 1775-1800, fully 28 per cent of the honorary degrees awarded were S.T.D.'s--the doctorate of theology. President Mather himself became an S.T.D. But in the 184 years since 1875, a mere four and one-half per cent of the total number of honorary degrees have been awarded to theologians...
This greater amount of correlation can be shown by the history of the doctorate in science. Established in 1887, the number of S.D. degrees awarded has grown almost steadily since then. In fact, this degree has become the third most numerous Harvard honorary award, ranking close behind the LL.D...
...because he has comnlercialized what he has inherited, and enjoyed doing it. It is 'in' to open your house to the public, but you must say, 'Oh, what a bore this is.' " Land is important to all ins, "but only an out would inquire the number of acres. Instead, one asks: 'How many days' shooting have you?' The reply, 'Four first days,' means about 8,000 to 10,000 acres...
...speech won the standing applause of a majority of the Assembly. Later, to newsmen, Premier Debre explained his position in more earthy language: "Whatever people may say or think, there is a parliamentary regime in France. The constitution provides a number of ways a government may be turned out of office, notably through a motion of censure, as in Great Britain. But the procedure of oral questions followed by a vote is the same as syphilis-first it weakens, then it kills...