Word: phd
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were most of the delegates entirely what had been expected. It was anticipated, of course, that some would be wide-eyed and looking for fun. "There's no good," said one American from M.I.T., "in a PhD candidate talking politics with a 16 year-old banjo player...
Born in Pecatonia, III., in 1890, he attended the University of Chicago, receiving his PhD there in 1920. He taught at Chicago from 1919 to 1928, becoming an associate professor of Geography. In 1928 he came to Harvard and was made a full professor...
...return, Taylor took over the first half of History 1 at Radcliffe and continued as a section man in the same course at Harvard until 1930. The year 1927 was an especially big one for him, as he gained his PhD, became a tutor, and was appointed assistant professor...
...first time in the school's history, the PhD. candidates will wear red academic robes in the processional. This year Radcliffe will award 36 Ph.D.'s, the largest number ever granted from the school in any one year. Thirty-nine M.A.'s and 49 M.A.'s in Education will also be awarded...
Whereas it would be relatively simple, he maintained, to turn out 50 more PhD's a year, who could in turn educate 750 more AB's, it would be much more difficult to expand the college. He pointed out the physical difficulties, such as overcrowding in the Houses and libraries; the educational difficulties, such as unwieldy class and tutorials; and the social difficulties, such as the loss of a feeling of student cohesiveness...