Word: scholar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Citation: "We honor you today as an eminent classical scholar, neither intimidated nor discouraged by the present glamour of the scientist . . . and as one who has come to understand and to live the meaning of the words 'and gladly teach...
...always perplexed by Christian preaching, which invariably leads to a point where a decision is called for. While the evangelist's teaching may be accepted and his good work appreciated, the final appeal for a decision to which all this eventually leads is resented as essentially irreligious." Indian Scholar P. J. Mehta speaks for most Hindu religious leaders when he says: "By all means discuss your faith with us, share your views and your experience with us, but India would like to suggest that the true missionary is one who, by both example and precept, helps the other...
COMMENCEMENTS were busting out all over last week, and many a famous man and woman donned cap and gown for the annual distribution of honorary degrees. Whether actress or general, scholar or former infielder, each heard his praises sung in the rolling rhetoric of the citations accompanying their degrees. For a sampling of this year's academic honors list, see EDUCATION, Kudos...
...first of these is the Scholar of the House program, in which courses are optional for a group of about twelve seniors. They meet biweekly, read papers to each other, and study under the guidance of a tutor...
Both these programs embody President A. Whitney Griswold's hope that "just as democracy puts the fulfillment of opportunity up to its citizens, the new Yale College program puts the fulfillment of opportunity up to its students." The Scholar of the House program goes further, but both innovations support Griswold's idea that for "the student of unusual maturity and ability... nothing short of a maximum challenge will evoke a maximum response...