Honorary Degree in Music May Be Offered This Year

As the CRIMSON'S first annual "Name the Honoraries" contest entered its fourth day, word leaked out that the Corporation would almost certainly offer an honorary degree in Music this year.

Since Walter Piston has already received a degree, in 1952, speculators felt that Aaron Copland would probably be honored on June 14.

At the same time, it was learned that Dag Hammarskjold, previously listed as a strong possibility, would not be in Cambridge during Commencement Week. Although several early entrants in the contest had listed the U.N. Secretary-General as a possibility, their chances for the big $15.00 first prize are not seriously impaired.

In another field, there would seem to be a strong possibility that a degree in literature will be offered. If so, leading contenders appear to be either Lewis Mumford or W. H. Auden. Elsewhere over the weekend, Helen Hayes, a leading female candidate for a degree, did not wait for Harvard to start celebrating her 50th year in the theater. She received a degree from St. Mary's College on Saturday in South Bend, Indiana.