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...public. This is only another indication of his uniqueness. A short time ago his photograph flashed in all the newspapers showing him posed upon a diving board and looking for all the world like a bathing beauty in whiskers. Now he joins the exclusive circle of Wall Street as possessor of his own code signature...
This letter was given by Mrs. Norton Perkins in memory of her husband, who died last July. Norton Perkins '98 was the possessor of an unusually valuable library, several of the more interesting books of which he had given to the Harvard Library before his death. Since then Mrs. Perkins has sent to the Harvard Library such of the remainder of her husband's books as the Library might think...
...possessor of the traditionally incompatible faculties is usually bored by undue reference to them, as was National Women's Tennis Champion Helen Wills, last week, when newspaper men panted up to ejaculate and interrogate about her election to Phi Beta Kappa. In red blazer, white skirt, her hair in a bun, she was about to play a set or two of the sport she dominates and she bounced her ball impatiently during the rigmarole of questions...
...possessor of the traditionally incompatible faculties is usually bored by undue reference to them, as was National Women's Tennis Champion Helen Wills, last week, when newspaper men panted up to ejaculate and interrogate about her election to Phi Beta Kappa. In red blazer, white skirt, her hair in a bun, she was about to play a set or two of the sport she dominates and she bounced her ball impatiently during the rigmarole of questions...
First and foremost, the development of scholarship. That is the primary and fundamental purpose of the University. Scholarship is an end in itself, a priceless gift that enriches life, that ennobles its possessor, that renders limitless the joy of living, that raises human standards and promotes human progress. But tonight I want to look at scholarship from the point of view of its practical applicability to your future careers...