Word: cumming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...addition to being wrong in principle, the recent decision on the Cum Laude degree in General Studies (CLGS) will make it possible for certain unscrupulous alumni to reap a windfall profit. I myself intend to jest that by appending the once-noble phrase "Cum Laude" to my job and school applications, though it did not appear on my diploma...
...apparent, therefore, that had I wished to take the low road to the Cum Laude degree, my senior program could have consisted on French E, F, G, and H--in which I would have needed only 3 C-minuses and a D-minus. We can fairly conclude that while obtaining the Bachelor's degree Cum Laude, I could also have caught up on three years of sleep...
...handle; the soft green of the pool table suddenly appeared irresistable. Less than a week before the thesis was due I gave it up and quickly got back to my neglected course work. AS a result game fish though I was, 11.5 honor grades notwithstanding. I received no Cum Laudo but only the shaft. Which was, of course, exactly what I had earned...
...those who quit on their thesis and even those who turn in an unacceptable thesis, will receive the CLGS if they otherwise qualify. The quick-witted will perceive that under this set-up. I need only have handed in my 300 pages of first draft to obtain the degree Cum Laude--with the added chance of having the thesis accepted. But had it been raining, and the trip to Holyoke House seemed not worth my time. I could have played pool instead, with loss of honor but not of Honors...
Thus, a policy which originally erred in inhibiting coldness is being changed so as to encourage slothfulness. A Cum thesis, a poor thesis, an not thesis at all rank equally...