Word: cum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Faculty meets today to consider once more the curiously complicated question of Cum Laude in General Studies. When it last discussed what part individual departments ought to play in the decision to grant or withhold the special degree from seniors, it agreed that a certain collection of course grades would alone determine a student's eligibility. Once he had abandoned his commitment to the particular work of his department by choosing to forego the thesis and tutorial for credit, the department simply had nothing more...
...whole debate has all the appearances of triviality, but the remarkable interest some Faculty members have already shown in today's meeting suggests that at stake there are principles that matter. The phrase Cum Laude, fortunately or not, continues to be the symbol of respectable intellectual achievement at Harvard; the encouraging thing has been that the Faculty was willing to embody in C.L.G.S. a concept of intellectuality beyond that of competence in a special discipline. Last year's vote strengthened that concept by removing the departmental voice altogether...
...present policy on the degree cum laude in General Studies has been in effect since February, 1961. Before then, each candidate for the degree had to obtain the formal approval of his department. This policy was repealed because some departments were giving the needed endorsements much more readily than others...
...departments will be able to recommend that a student be denied a cum laude degree in General Studies, if a motion drafted by the CEP obtains formal approval at a Faculty meeting Tuesday...
After graduating summa cum laude in economics from the College in 1948, Gill spent one year at Jesus College, Oxford, as a Henry Fellow. He then served as assistant dean of Harvard College for several years before joining the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...