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Harvard's requirement of preparatory-school Latin for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is brought under official fire for the first time in the last report of the late Henry Pennypacker '88, chairman of the Committee on Admissions. A serious bone of contention in recent years at other American colleges, the Latin requirement has persisted at Harvard in the form of a distinction between candidates for the A.B. and S.B. degrees...
Quoting President Lowell to the effect that "the Science degree means ignorance of Latin or Greek," Mr. Pennypacker said: "Many universities in this country which formerly offered two or even three degrees in their undergraduate college departments now offer but a single degree, that of Bachelor of Arts. Is it not time for us to consider the expediency of admitting all successful candidates without distinction of degree eligibility and making the degree finally to be bestowed depend on the nature of the individual's college work...
...studies for six weeks in the Janez Mountains and a reconnaissance of the spectacular geologic features of New Mexico. Advanced students may take Geology S20d which will be conducted in special classes by Professor Bryan. Both S5 and S20d will count as a half course for the degree of Bachelor of Arts...
...members' friends. Last week a representative committee of St. John's 300 students issued a statement viewing President Gordon's departure with "genuine regret," declaring he had won the "support and confidence of the student body." All President-elect Woodcock, A. E. F. veteran, Methodist and bachelor, would say was: "I want to revive what we used to call the St. John's spirit, building the future of the college on character and scholarship...
...Twenty bachelors of arts were created, 12 bachelors of science, 51 masters of arts, 38 doctors of philosophy, one bachelor of science in engineering, five masters of science in engineering, four doctors of science, 52 masters of education, one doctor of education, five masters of architecture, one master of city planning, 24 masters in business administration, one doctor of commercial science, three doctors of medicine, and one doctor of medical dentistry...