Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Unfounded rumors about consciousness-expanding drugs have been at fever pitch for the last two years. One cause of the hysteria is the rarity of these poweful substances. They are not sold. Physicians cannot obtain them for therapeutic use. They are released only to qualified researchers. Locally and nationally there seems to be intense interest in consciousness-expansion, but little access to the drugs. One dose seems to create a thonsand rumors...
...future, all those who quit on their thesis and even those who turn in an unacceptable thesis, will receive the CLGS if they otherwise qualify. The quick-witted will perceive that under this set-up. I need only have handed in my 300 pages of first draft to obtain the degree Cum Laude--with the added chance of having the thesis accepted. But had it been raining, and the trip to Holyoke House seemed not worth my time. I could have played pool instead, with loss of honor but not of Honors...
...present policy on the degree cum laude in General Studies has been in effect since February, 1961. Before then, each candidate for the degree had to obtain the formal approval of his department. This policy was repealed because some departments were giving the needed endorsements much more readily than others...
...Ever since the canny Scot earned himself a niche in history by taking over Dr. Johnson, scholars have been trying to identify themselves with one literary personality big enough to make their reputations. The best and easiest way to own a famous figure is to find or obtain title to his private papers and write the definitive biography. With authority (and possession) thus established, it is relatively easy to mine and remine the slag heap, bringing out successive editions of his major works, followed by volumes of letters or previously (and perhaps wisely) unpublished fragments of his early work...
However Councillor Walter J. Sullivan said he was opposed to letting the University obtain the land, and indicated that Harvard would have to agree to pay taxes on an even larger share of the property before he would agree to the acquisition...