Colorful academic robes to grace Tech commencement night
The piece traces the history of academic dress from 14th century Oxford origins to modern American colleges. It explains gown styles for bachelor, master, and doctor degrees, the mortarboard cap, and hood colors signaling fields and institutions, with Tech hood lining in red.
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Colleen Knowles
Elmer Knowles
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Cornell University
Eisenhower golf with grandson at Gettysburg club
President Eisenhower played golf Saturday with his 10-year-old grandson David Eisenhower at Gettysburg Country Club. David struggled with iron shots while Ike carded a five on the final hole as Brig Gen Arthur Nevins noted the president was off his game. The president’s son Maj John Eisenhower also played during a Memorial Day weekend visit to the nearby farm before a family birthday celebration for granddaughter Barbara Anne. The president will travel to Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland for a commencement address and honorary degree before returning to Washington.
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Barbara Anne
Mount St. Macy's College
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Washington
Officers Here Probe Thefts Burglaries
Several thefts and burglaries were under investigation Saturday by police and sheriff's deputies. Items reported missing included tools worth 206 dollars, carpenter tools 150 dollars, a radio and crowbar 50 dollars, a typewriter and electric fan from New Deal Church of Christ, food from Friendly Grocery, cash from Hall's Festry Shop, and a television from Doyle Turner’s room at the tourist court.
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Judge Issues Order Against Union In Phillips Dispute
Amarillo Texas Judge Joseph Dooley issued a temporary injunction against the Operating Engineers Union to protect Phillips Petroleum Co equipment during a strike at seven Borger area plants. Phillips reported $831 418 in damages from sabotage since May 1.
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Joseph Dooley
Phillips Petroleum Co
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Sam Houston Clinton Jr
Thousands File Past Cardinal Stritch Body in Chicago
Thousands of mourners lined up at Holy Name Cathedral to file past the bier of Samuel Cardinal Stritch who died in Rome. The body lay in state near the altar as Chicago Catholics, about two million strong, paid final respects during the solemn procession and vigil.
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Holy Name
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
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Gold Coast
Johnson Urges U S Rebuild Amid Dictator Critique
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson in a University of Houston commencement address urged a Great National Rebuilding of American spirit and leadership. He assailed Eisenhower era expediency, warned freedom is at stake, and called for expanding exchange programs to welcome global leaders and workers as a campus of free men.
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Reds Plan Projects Vienna
Communist Czechoslovakia announced two new economic projects in India and Yemen. The Foreign Trade Ministry said a factory will be built in India to produce 60,000 electric computing machines annually. Prague papers also announced a group of agricultural and irrigation experts will depart for Yemen to build model farms.
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India
Yemen
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