Word: cum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gradual tendency for the number of men who have taken honors in general studies to diminish, as shown by the fact that in 1931 there were 50 men, or 6.5 per cent, who received this form of honors. The decline is perhaps due to the fact that the cum laude in general studies is not as highly prized as it formerly was in view of the increased interest in working for honors in a special field...
...Wolff, Harvard '29, magna cum laud in anthropology, set up his school in Beck Hall in 1930, but soon had to move to bigger quarters. Large and generally unshaven, he shouts his lectures, throws erassers at sleepy students tells stories about Peter his pet champanzee and despite official disapproval--gets most of Harvard's patronage...
Most Harvardmen agreed that such action would not have been necessary in the days when Cambridge tutoring was in the hands of William Whiting ("The Widow") Nolen. A summa cum laude graduate of the class of 1884, "Widow" Nolen kept tutoring a genteel monopoly until his death in 1923. Today there are five bureaus in sharp, noisy competition...
Biggest and reputedly best of Harvard's bureaus is run by Harold ("Hal") Wolff. Tutor Wolff, who graduated magna cum lande in anthropology in 1929, launched the practice of advertising in the Harvard Crimson his willingness to be of assistance in preparing for approaching examinations. He rents a floor in a dingy building directly across from the freshman dormitories, hires 21 assistants, tutors about 500 students a year. Rates are $4 an hour for private work, $2.50 for class reviews. Tutor Wolff's proudest boasts are that he has never run afoul of University Hall, that...
Meltzner, one of the most brilliant students in the Law School in recent years, was graduated magna cum laude last June, and was engaged in graduate work at the time of his death...