Word: formation
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Perhaps students needed a new issue in the spring, perhaps they had latent animosities to release; perhaps they were more "conservative" or "traditional" than they like to think. In any case, the furor over the language and format of diplomas shook the College for several weeks. During Commencement Week ten days ago, the diploma issue was mentioned everywhere--from the Ivy Oration to the President's talk to seniors--even by administrators who a month earlier had desperately hoped that the whole matter would be suppressed...
...Class Committee's arguments and a barrage of letters from alumni and students to Pusey and/or the Crimson made little sense to the powers that be. Pusey stode firm on the decision--made casually at a Faculty meeting in October--and even the Overseers could promise only that the format would be "studied" next year. The language would stay the same--English...
This Week Around the World (ABC, 10:30-11 p.m.). The week's major stories, presented in a "magazine" format...
...response to questions about the diploma incident, Coolidge supported the change from Latin to English because "La'in is no longer the international language of scholars." He did, however, strongly favor the Overseers' decision to switch to a larger and more impressive format next year and labelled the newstyle diplomas "miserable little pieces of paper--like a bond you get in a furniture store." The Corporation approved the new-style diplomas last fall...
Members of the Class of '61 may, if they wish, exchange this year's diploma for the "improved" ones next year. The Overseers agreed to retain English, but recommended an improved format...