Word: higher
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having obtained grade A or B in at least nine courses or their equivalent, exclusive of grades obtained at anticipatory examinations, and having received grade C or higher in as many courses as they are required to pursue for admission without deficiency to the Senior Class, are provisionally entitled to degrees with distinction and to Commencement Parts...
...respect and friendship of instructors as well as students. Socially, he was popular as few have been. He was a member of the Institute of 1770, Dickey, Hasty Pudding Club, and Signet. He was the unanimous choice of his class for second marshal on class day. Higher honors he might have had, but he took only such as were forced upon...
...column presents a decided novelty in the form of a parody of some well known lines on Christmas. The burden of the song is a promise to refrain from punning and to cultivate a higher form of wit. Unfortunately the "swear off" seems to apply only to that particular department. One is tempted to wish that such a healthy reform might be instituted throughout the Lampoon, in all issues to come...
Professor F. S. Woods of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology delivered the second of his lectures on "Minimum Surfaces," Wednesday afternoon at 4.30 in Sever 11. These lectures are proving very interesting to the students of higher mathematics; they are to be delivered, one every week, until the subject is exhausted. The next lecture will be given Dec. 1, in Sever...
...especially in the methods of coaching and training. The development of the team has been worked out along logical lines, and after such a consistent fashion as provides a valuable basis for improvement in the future, if only the system be carried out courageously, little by little, to a higher degree of perfection, profiting by each year's experience. Several long strides in advance have been made. No permanent injuries have been received. The team plays better on the offensive than have most past Harvard teams. The defense has been unusually strong. In short it must be remembered that notwithstanding...