Word: honorers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...official standing of such a man and questions concerning his alliance with the faculty or with the Alumni Association are paramount. I believe that, whatever his standing, whether or not he be a member of the Faculty, he should not be surrounded by such a blaze of glory or honor that the humble fear to approach his throne or open their hearts to him. They must not be frightened by his title, and for that reason, I should suggest that he should not rejoice in the title of professor...
Unusual cases justified by honor work in the summer school and special conditions involving employment of a different nature will be considered for reenrolment at the meeting of the Administrative Board on September 13 previous to the opening of college, but only under extraordinary circumstances will readmission be granted to students dismissed previously...
...Board will examine the complete records of all applicants for readmission and will demand of candidates the strongest assurance of future success. The passing of an approved course in the Harvard Summer School with an honor grade (A or B) may be considered as a reasonable basis for readmission and in general is regarded by the Administrative Board as the most satisfactory evidence of work done. The Harvard Summer School opens on July 8, 1929. In special cases steady employment of a different nature may be approved...
...Lowell has held clear ideas, first to make the Harvard Bachelor's degree stand for high grade of work, and secondly to awaken student interest in scholarship for its own sake. He has, for instance, modernized the choice of studies, broadened the entrance requirements, built up student interest in Honor degrees and, perhaps most interesting of all, introduced the "general examinations" which are the hub on which Harvard now turns scholastically. The "reading period" at Harvard, an offshoot of the "general examinations" has now come to stay as a useful innovation: it apparently allows for just that leisure to turn...
...were elected to conduct the activities of the Harvard Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering School Honor Society, at its last meeting last night. J. S. Wintringham '30 will be president of the Society while F. J. Mardulier '30 will act in the capacity of vice-president...