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...College 448 degrees were awarded, of which 397 were for the A.B. degree and 51 for the S.B. degree. Ninety men received their degrees cum laude; 44, magna cum laude; two, magna cum laude, with highest honors; and five, summa cum laude...
Wiley, a Springfield resident, graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin last June, where he was editor in chief of the Bowdoin Orient. He plans to study jurisprudence at Oxford...
...graduated summa cum laude in three years. On his 21st birthday Julius gave him a sizable sum of money. But not before Robert had told his father that "I might turn out a little different from what he wanted. He wasn't concerned...
Last week, the university filled Harrison's place with a second public figure-former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, 73. He had graduated from the Pennsylvania law school summa cum laude in 1898, taught on its faculty until 1918, won fame as a prosecutor during the Teapot Dome scandals. On Hoover's Supreme Court, he had found himself a liberal dissenter; on Roosevelt's, the most outspoken of the conservatives. Since retirement, he has spent much of his time plugging for Clarence Streit's world federation. A genial, scholarly man, who relaxes by reading...
...years, working at his novelties by day, Koenig studied nights at New York University's School of Commerce. He took economics, finance, ethics, government and literature. Last week, Manufacturer Koenig finished up summa cum laude, with the highest marks (36 A's, three B's) in School of Commerce history. He had enjoyed it all so much that he immediately enrolled for an M.A. Said he: "No, I don't think it will help my career. I just thought I needed a diversion...