Word: cumming
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...degree of A. B. summa cum laude shall be given to every member of the graduating class who attains an average mark of 90 per cent on the general scale for the whole course, or for the last three years of the course, or who receives HIGHEST HONORS in any department...
...degree of A. B. magna cum laude shall be given to every one (not receiving summa cum laude) who attains an average mark of 80 per cent on the general scale for the whole course, or of 85 per cent for the last three years, or who receives HONORS in any department, or who has Honorable Mention in three studies, or in two studies, being starred in one of them...
...degree of A. B. cum laude shall be given to every one (not receiving one of the higher grades) who has Honorable Mention in two studies, or is starred as Proficient in one, or has Honorable Mention in one study, provided, in the last case, that he has attained 65 per cent on the general scale for the whole course, or 70 per cent for the last three years, or 75 per cent for the last two years, or 80 per cent for the Senior year...
...Sharp, Senior, respectfully petitions to be excused for his absence from recitations from Monday to Saturday inclusive, as he was suffering from an aggravated attack of cerebro-spinal meningitis, combined with severe swollen tonsilitis and a 'cataracticus cum auge.'" Granted. Of course it was. I cannot see how any one could resist the appeal of such an accumulation of diseases...
...leaders which '78 has furnished, but in everything that makes up a university reputation, and especially in its essential feature, good scholarship, the graduating class will bear comparison with its immediate predecessors, and these, it is well known, fully sustained the renown of their Alma Mater. Although the summa cum laude was not attained by any member of the class, it is well known that one at least came so near as only to miss it; and to another triple honors were awarded, the highest in two studies, and honors in a third, - a distinction almost without precedent...