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Word: phi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unhappy hero is a Phi Beta Kappa scholar with suppressed desires to be an athlete and a gentleman. Into his life comes Miss Wisconsin, co-ed from an enemy institution and winner of a beauty contest. The next day is crowded for him, what with winning the track meet, making the best fraternity and collecting the best wife among the local coeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: May 11, 1925 | 5/11/1925 | See Source »

...famed little New England College. He will never play on an important varsity team. But he sings first bass in the glee club and may eventually become its leader, although this post usually goes to a tenor. He has been initiated into his father's fraternity (Phi Gamma Delta). He has met with decorum all the customary American assaults upon the dignity of a freshman (they once made him speak half an hour from a soapbox in praise of Senator LaFollette). And President George D. Olds-veteran professor who succeeded Alexander Meiklejohn - described his academic record as being "very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Simple | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

...known," said Coach Farrell of the track team in a statement to the CRIMSON yesterday. "His versatility is shown by the different events he has taken part in. He is a high-jumper, a pole-vaulter, broad-jumper, shot-putter, and sprinter. And beside that, he is a Phi Beta Kappa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORMER CRIMSON STAR DOUBLE WINNER ABROAD | 3/23/1925 | See Source »

...lectures and reading in the more important courses, which cannot be obtained at all at present. The stores which sell translations say that they still do a steady business, but it is restricted to a regular clientele. They believe that students are depending on the college and Phi Beta Kappa tutors rather than on outside aid. It is a matter of conjecture whether the former firms will return before the final examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Printed Note Concerns Leave Cambridge in Disgust--No Demand, They Say--Harvard Does Not Appreciate Them | 2/20/1925 | See Source »

...this tutorial record as fully as one or two courses. Extend the number of satisfactory grades and reports required, so that no man who does totally unsatisfactory tutorial work can remain in good scholastic standing. Just so, let no man receive a recognition of distinction through a scholarship or Phi Beta Kappa which is not justified by both his course and his tutorial record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EMPEROR JUSTICE | 2/18/1925 | See Source »

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