Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Apparent cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, but no coroner's report has been isued as yet. The funeral will be held Monday morning in Philadelphia...
...weak Crimson junior varsity football team meets an equally unlikely Penn J.V. squad at 11 this morning at Philadelphia, looking for its first win of the season, after losses to Tufts, 13 to 0, and Dartmouth...
...University is not exactly content, with all due respect to Franklin, with what it is or has been. There is a growing doubt that Ben was the last word in education, and Penn, sprawling in the midst of grubby Philadelphia, is gradually coming to the conclusion that it is in the midst of the twentieth century. Like a huge, furry bear, it awakes from an educational hibernation, rubs its eyes, and scratches itself...
...early years, Penn was the most secular of American educational institutions. While other colleges were scarcely more than divinity schools, the Philadelphia institution pioneered in humanities and natural sciences. In the ensuing two centuries, however, Penn's position has changed. Now it is very much a pretrade school, while the other Ivies uphold, with varying degrees of success, education for education's own sake and a belief that the liberal arts are worthwhile ends in themselves...
...daily paper, the Penn undergraduate may read something known as the "D.P.," a sheet that regards itself as competition to the Philadelphia papers, according to the views of some editors. They believe this despite the fact that the Daily Pennsylvanian's Monday edition goes to press Friday or Saturday night. The paper does not adopt editorial policies on issues like the Presidential elections when the six executives disagree. Most editors, consequently, feel it is enough to cover College news...