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Pacman: New page: '''Thomas Merton''' CC '37 was a Catholic Trappist monk and a notable writer during his time. He was involved in quite a few extracurricular activities while...

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New page: '''Thomas Merton''' CC '37 was a Catholic Trappist monk and a notable writer during his time. He was involved in quite a few extracurricular activities while...

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'''Thomas Merton''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1937|37]] was a Catholic Trappist monk and a notable writer during his time.

He was involved in quite a few extracurricular activities while at Columbia, in addition to being a member of [[ADP]].

[[Category:Columbia College alumni]]

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 In his next year, he became much more involved on campus, joining the staffs of the ''[[Columbia Review]]'' and ''[[Jester]]'', as well as the [[Philolexian Society]] and [[ADP]]. In October [[1935]], he joined a protest against the then-autonomous [[Casa Italiana]] over Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
-He did not obtain his [[BA]] from Columbia until January [[1938]], and went on to do some graduate work in English at the university. All throughout this period, his readings informed a deepening Catholicism, and Merton came to attend mass at the nearby [[Corpus Christi Church]]. He was formally baptized there on [[November 16]], [[1938]]. He also continued his graduate work, penning his masters thesis on William Blake, and received his [[MA]] on [[February 22]], [[1939]]. He also received the [[Van Rensselaer Poetry Prize]] for that year (though it is now an exclusively undergraduate award).
+He did not obtain his [[BA]] from Columbia until January [[1938]], and went on to do some graduate work in English at the university. All throughout this period, his readings informed a deepening Catholicism, and Merton came to attend mass at the nearby [[Corpus Christi Church]]. He was formally baptized there on [[November 16]], [[1938]]. He also continued his graduate work, penning his masters thesis on William Blake, and received his [[MA]] on [[February 22]], [[1939]]. He also received the [[Van Rensselaer Poetry Prize]] for that year.
 He then decided he would pursue a [[PhD]], moving to [[Greenwich Village]] in order to be nearer to campus. It was during this period that a part-time teacher named [[Daniel Walsh]] influenced the direction of Merton's Catholicism away from Thomism. Merton then received his Confirmation at Corpus Christi, on [[May 25]], [[1939]]. In October of that year, after a long night out at a jazz club, Merton had the epiphany that he wanted to devote his life to religion.

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 In his next year, he became much more involved on campus, joining the staffs of the ''[[Columbia Review]]'' and ''[[Jester]]'', as well as the [[Philolexian Society]] and [[ADP]]. In October [[1935]], he joined a protest against the then-autonomous [[Casa Italiana]] over Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
-He did not obtain his [[BA]] from Columbia until January [[1938]], and went on to do some graduate work in English at the university. All throughout this period, his readings informed a deepening Catholicism, and Merton came to attend mass at the nearby [[Corpus Christi Church]]. He was formally baptized there on [[November 16]], [[1938]]. He also continued his graduate work, penning his masters thesis on William Blake, and received his [[MA]] on [[February 22]], [[1939]]. He then decided he would pursue a [[PhD]], moving to [[Greenwich Village]] in order to be nearer to campus. It was during this period that a part-time teacher named [[Daniel Walsh]] influenced the direction of Merton's Catholicism away from Thomism. Merton then received his Confirmation at Corpus Christi, on [[May 25]], [[1939]]. In October of that year, after a long night out at a jazz club, Merton had the epiphany that he wanted to devote his life to religion.
+He did not obtain his [[BA]] from Columbia until January [[1938]], and went on to do some graduate work in English at the university. All throughout this period, his readings informed a deepening Catholicism, and Merton came to attend mass at the nearby [[Corpus Christi Church]]. He was formally baptized there on [[November 16]], [[1938]]. He also continued his graduate work, penning his masters thesis on William Blake, and received his [[MA]] on [[February 22]], [[1939]]. He also received the [[Van Rensselaer Poetry Prize]] for that year (though it is now an exclusively undergraduate award).
 [[Category:Columbia College alumni|Merton, Thomas]]

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 '''Thomas Merton''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1937|37]] [[MA]] '[[1939|39]] was a Catholic Trappist monk and a notable writer during his time.
-Merton came to Columbia as a sophomore from Clare College, [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], commuting to campus every day from the suburbs. An early influence was [[Mark Van Doren]], who became a lifelong friend, and whom Merton met while taking an 18th century English literature course. Painter [[Ad Reinhardt]] was also a close friend. Merton also briefly flirted with communism during this time.
+Merton came to Columbia as a sophomore from Clare College, [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], commuting to campus every day from the suburbs. An early influence was [[Mark Van Doren]], who became a lifelong friend, and whom Merton met while taking an 18th century English literature course. Painter [[Ad Reinhardt]] and poet [[Robert Lax]] were also close friends. Merton also briefly flirted with communism during this time.
 In his next year, he became much more involved on campus, joining the staffs of the ''[[Columbia Review]]'' and ''[[Jester]]'', as well as the [[Philolexian Society]] and [[ADP]]. In October [[1935]], he joined a protest against the then-autonomous [[Casa Italiana]] over Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.

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 '''Thomas Merton''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1937|37]] [[MA]] '[[1939|39]] was a Catholic Trappist monk and a notable writer during his time.
-Merton came to Columbia as a sophomore from Clare College, [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], commuting to campus every day from the suburbs. An early influence was [[Mark Van Doren]], who became a lifelong friend, and whom Merton met while taking an 18th century English literature course. Merton also briefly flirted with communism during this time. In his next year, he became much more involved on campus, joining the staffs of the ''[[Columbia Review]]'' and ''[[Jester]]'', as well as the [[Philolexian Society]] and [[ADP]]. In October [[1935]], he joined a protest against the then-autonomous [[Casa Italiana]] over Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
+Merton came to Columbia as a sophomore from Clare College, [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], commuting to campus every day from the suburbs. An early influence was [[Mark Van Doren]], who became a lifelong friend, and whom Merton met while taking an 18th century English literature course. Painter [[Ad Reinhardt]] was also a close friend. Merton also briefly flirted with communism during this time.
 He did not obtain his [[BA]] from Columbia until January [[1938]], and went on to do some graduate work in English at the university. All throughout this period, his readings informed a deepening Catholicism, and Merton came to attend mass at the nearby [[Corpus Christi Church]]. He was formally baptized there on [[November 16]], [[1938]]. He also continued his graduate work, penning his masters thesis on William Blake, and received his [[MA]] on [[February 22]], [[1939]]. He then decided he would pursue a [[PhD]], moving to [[Greenwich Village]] in order to be nearer to campus. It was during this period that a part-time teacher named [[Daniel Walsh]] influenced the direction of Merton's Catholicism away from Thomism. Merton then received his Confirmation at Corpus Christi, on [[May 25]], [[1939]]. In October of that year, after a long night out at a jazz club, Merton had the epiphany that he wanted to devote his life to religion.
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 [[Category:GSAS alumni|Merton, Thomas]]
 [[Category:Class of 1937|Merton, Thomas]]

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-'''Thomas Merton''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1937|37]] was a Catholic Trappist monk and a notable writer during his time.
+'''Thomas Merton''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1937|37]] [[MA]] [[1939|33was a Catholic Trappist monk and a notable writer during his time.
-He was involved in quite a few extracurricular activities while at Columbia, including ''[[Jester]]'', in addition to being a member of [[ADP]].
+Merton came to Columbia as a sophomore from Clare College, [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], commuting to campus every day from the suburbs. An early influence was [[Mark Van Doren]], who became a lifelong friend, and whom Merton met while taking an 18th century English literature course. Merton also briefly flirted with communism during this time. In his next year, he became much more involved on campus, joining the staffs of the ''[[Columbia Review]]'' and ''[[Jester]]'', as well as the [[Philolexian Society]] and [[ADP]]. In October [[1935]], he joined a protest against the then-autonomous [[Casa Italiana]] over Italy's invasion of Ethiopia.
 [[Category:Columbia College alumni]]

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