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...sexually (by simple division) and by a kind of primitive pairing. Several years ago, Dr. Sonneborn discovered that special strains of paramecia give off a poison (paramecin) that kills normal paramecia. The "killers" differ from the "sensitives" in only one known respect: the amount of a substance called "kappa" which they contain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Planets & Paramecia | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

Radcliffe's Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa added four members of the Class of 1948 to its roster last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe PBK Adds Four | 11/25/1947 | See Source »

Sixteen men, including twelve Seniors and four Juniors, were elected to Phi Bota Kappa in a meeting of the University's Alpha Chapter Wednesday. Eight of the men graduated at the close of the summer term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phi Beta Kappas Pick Sixteen New College Members | 11/21/1947 | See Source »

...engineering student at Berkeley, Bob made Tau Beta Pi (the engineers' version of Phi Beta Kappa), a feat which he has attributed more to his photographic memory than to any scholarly gifts. He was also a Big Man on Campus: a star two-miler, class president, Y.M.C.A. president, manager of the "Big C Sirkus" carnival, R.O.T.C. regimental captain, drum major of the band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Big Man on Eight Campuses | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

Author Akutagawa, at 35, found it impossible to take Mag's advice. Shortly after Kappa was published, he killed himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Gulliver in a Kimono | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

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