Word: phi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leading expert on cepts is Princeton Senior Ed Tenner, a Phi Beta Kappa who devised the "smallest convenient unit of knowledge" definition. He reports, after much research, that Princeton courses average, per lecture, 8.8 cepts in philosophy, 5.2 in American history, 4.6 in literature, a mere 1.5 in art. A student may emerge from a course with as many as 250 cepts in his notebook. Hopefully, a few rare "kilo-cepts" and "multicepts"-cepts so basic they can be applied in many courses and to almost any historical period-may turn up among them, although Tenner has been able...
...prizes are awarded automatically. The summa cum laude graduate who has the highest Phi Beta Kappa score receives the Sophia Freund Prize of $600 without a bit of extra effort. The Harvard Engineering School Chapter of Tau Beta Pi gives $25 to the most promising engineer. If a boy lives in Lowell House, develops a strong character, and maintains a sense of quiet decency, he may be rewarded by the Korean War Memorial Prize...
Born of a "good conservative Southern Democratic family" 63 years ago, Scott was a Phi Beta Kappa at Randolph Macon College in his home state of Virginia and graduated from University of Virginia Law School. He practiced law with his uncle in Philadelphia and served for 15 years as assistant district attorney--"entirely too long for a man to be at a post like that." Disregarding his ideological legacy, he became a Republican "because they needed me more," and in 1940 was elected to the House of Representatives. He remained a Congressman continuously until 1958, except...
...Radcliffe chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will offer $250 in prizes in the 1965 annual competition. Entries are due by 5 p.m. tomorrow in Dean Elliot's office in Fay House...
Entrance in the competition has no connection with membership in Phi Beta Kappa. The winners will be announced on Sunday, April...