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...scientist is a citizen who has added responsibility because of his specialized training," Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, declared last night in explaining the raison d'etre of the newly formed Students Association for Natural and Social Sciences...
Hoary Annex legend and tradition did not vanish from the scene entirely, however. One young thing removed her glasses thoughtfully, and probed the inner woman for a raison d'etre of summer toll...
Widener's 30 steps again demonstrated their sole raison d'etre yesterday evening as they formed the stage for the first of the two annual Harvard Glee Club Yard Concerts. While the Club is, by and large, repeating lighter works sung throughout the regular indoor season, the birds, transient aircraft, and other outdoor effects lend a new sound to the music that is all to the good...
...most distinguished gatherings of musicians and music critics in American history rubbed shoulders with a number of faculty higher-ups and hordes of students yesterday afternoon in a Sanders Theatre filled to near-capacity for E. M. Forster's address on "The Raison d'Etre of Criticism in the Arts...
...view of this fact, Forster believes that the "raison d'etre" of criticism can only be established on "miner grounds," such as its purely educational or analitical functions...