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...servants to a status they had never known before. This week, at 70, Ewha is not only the largest (4,800 students) women's university in Korea, it is also one of the most respected of all the nation's universities. Said President Syngman Rhee at the 70th anniversary celebration: "I express my thanks to God that our women's university has grown so large and will continue to grow. For the past 70 years, Ewha has steadfastly gone forward with a good, true goal...
...county fathers of Los Angeles tardily (by three weeks) honored a famed local citizen's 70th birthday, handed a plaque to prodigious Popularizer Will (The Story of Philosophy) Durant, hailed in bronze as "the best known of all the living interpreters of great periods and personalities in history." Shucking off such acclaim, Dr. Durant expertly served up interpretations of two personalities: "I'd say the greatest living philosopher is Bertrand Russell, the greatest historian is Arnold Toynbee." Asked about the mixed blessing of a long life, he philosophized: "I envy Marlene Dietrich [50] because apparently she has been...
Dana M. Cotton, Director of Placement in the School of Education, was re-elected secretary and treasurer at the 70th annual meeting of the association, held in the Hotel Statler...
Zechariah Chafee, Jr., University Professor and one of the nation's leading authorities on civil rights, celebrates a quiet 70th birthday today--his last, he says, as an active teacher. Chafee will retire at the end of this year after teaching at Harvard steadily since...
...Andrew Jackson turned 70 just twelve days after he left the White House. James Buchanan was 51 days short of his 70th birthday when his term expired. If Ike serves a full second term, he will hold the record for presidential longevity: 70 years and 98 days. The oldest President, William Henry Harrison, died of pneumonia at 68, one month after his inauguration. In a study of presidential life spans, Statistician Louis Dublin discovered that Presidents inaugurated before 1850 outlived their life expectation by 2.9 years. Those inaugurated between 1850 and 1900 failed to reach their expectation of life...