Word: oed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...research work and teaching of several professors will be supported by the Trust allotment. Nobel Prize-winner Edward M. Purcell, professor of Physics, Roy O. Greep, Dean of the School of Dental Medicine, and Konrad E. Bloch, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, are among those receiving grants...
...soloists, two of the chorus' old reliables, also had a rough evening. Thomas Beveridge was the victim of miscasting: his voice is too light for this particular part. O'Brien Nicholas struggled with the bewildering problem of keeping on pitch under the doubtful guidance of an organ. Her intonation difficulties were redeemed by the charm of an incredibly lovely voice which seemed to take on a personality of its own amid the weird atonality...
...remedy these implications, to define the meaning of some of the honors provisions, and to assert the value of House tutorial groups, the Faculty must amend the legislation on which it will vote today. Even if the meeting must last beyond the civilized six o'clock adjournment hour, these provisions should be made...
This introverted escape from nature, which has become a national stereotype for the Harvard man, could be somewhat remedied by extension of parietal hours until ten o'clock each weekday evening. There is no reason to believe that the average student would have female guests in his room for any greater number of hours per week. There is, in fact, reason to believe that an extension would increase the amount of time spent studying. Students who spend their afternoons in female company often continue their activities into the dark, while those who date only at night might keep their afternoons...
...major reason for an extension of parietal hours is that it would increase the physical vigor of the undergraduate. The University is defeating the whole, healthful purpose of Daylight Saving Time in maintaining the present regulations. Hours should be extended to ten o'clock to enable students to take advantage of the Cambridge Spring...