Word: phi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...junior Phi Beta Kappan laughs as he describes the sophisticated color-coded highlighting system that he used for assigned readings during his freshman and sophomore years. Back then, he used yellow, purple, green, orange and blue. Purple was always reserved for the most important passages...
English concentrator Alice S. Chen '96 is a Rhodes Scholar, a Junior Phi Beta Kappa inductee, chair of Phillips Brooks House's CHANCE committee and a house committee officer who took five classes almost every semester...
Eleanor Roosevelt paid a visit to Radcliffe, the first president's wife ever to do so, and gave two addresses. She told a Phi Beta Kappa that--I quote from the Radcliffe News of December 18, 1942--"she thought this decade the most exciting in all history for the young girl--the young college girl. 'Not since pioneer days have women had such great chances to prove their worth...
Employers understandably value real-world experience and skills, and students are incorporating that message into their college planning. Simply witness the recent backlash against joining Phi Beta Kappa by many graduates who have either never heard of it or do not care enough about its guiding liberal arts principle, "Philosophia Biou Kybernetes," or "Love of wisdom is the guide of life." A love of wisdom has sadly metamorphosed into a love of financial security...
...Great Books" program, but I am urging an increased effort by liberal arts colleges to make their ideals nationally known and their leadership nationally felt. Then, perhaps, the dichotomy between majoring in the humanities and landing a well-paying job will narrow. Then, perhaps, students will not wonder what Phi Beta Kappa is but will take to heart its motto of wisdom...