Word: phi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity...
...address given by Charles Evans Hughes at the one hundredth anniversary of the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa is especially interesting in the light of recent developments at Harvard. Dealing with the subject of college from the standpoint of both student and educator, the Chief Justice declared: "We may at times overestimate what can be accomplished in the few years of college training, and there are not wanting those who in their zeal to dignify and extend college work forget that college is made for man and not man for college . . ." Striking against attitudes of indifference, intolerance...
...majority of undergraduates cannot fail to be in agreement with such a viewpoint. The fact that this viewpoint was presented as palatable for a Phi Beta Kappa gathering does not detract from its value to the ordinary layman. Especially at Harvard, Georgian overtones carefully mingled with the muted chords of aristocracy must be balanced by a freer cadence, or an overpowering suffocation may cloud the symphony completely. In an environment such as the House Plan has created and will create, an environment beautiful in itself and of itself good, the student may have difficulty in remembering that...
...presenting South American literature to the U. S. in small doses. Ten or more books of which this is the first, are to appear and bring the best from Brazil, Peru, Chile, and others, culled by him, edited by him. Since leaving Yale in 1911 with B.A., M.A. and Phi Beta Kappa key, he has applied his erratic literary ability to many matters. With the publication of Virgin Spain in 1926 his name as a Spanish authority was made, his interest in things Spanish determined. Since then he has lectured throughout South America, been received with great enthusiasm. Between times...
...Church. Paul was the youngest of eight children. When the family moved to Somerville, N. J., Paul won many an honor in high school for high marks, all-round athletic ability. He was the third Negro to enter Rutgers. "When he graduated in June 1919, he had won his Phi Beta Kappa key, and had been selected by Walter Camp as end for his annual All-American football team. . . . He had won 12 letters. . . . He delivered the Commencement oration; and he was elected to Cap & Skull" (the four seniors "who most truly and fully represented the finest ideals and traditions...