Word: kappa
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...honorary degrees of A. M. and LL.D. were bestowed upon him by Yale University in 1899, and the University of Edinburgh in 1910, respectively. Princeton University also conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1911. Doctor Mott is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a fellow in the Royal Geographic Society...
...order that undergraduates may understand the purposes of Phi Beta Kappa, and the requirements for election to it, the following sketch of the society's history and ideals is pointed...
...Beta Kappa Society was founded at William and Mary College in 1776, and is the oldest Greek letter society in America. The University chapter, Alpha of Massachusetts, was established in 1779; its list of members comprises such names as Ralph Waldo Emerson 1821, James Russell Lowell '38, Charles W. Eliot '53, LeBaron Russell Briggs '75, Frederick Jesup Stimson '76, Abbott Lawrence Lowell '77, Theodore Roosevelt '80, Curtis Guild '81, and Gardiner Lane '81. The society endeavors to gather the leaders in scholastic attainments from each class, and also to raise the intellectual tone of the entire undergraduate body...
...their work. The Harvard cut system is one of the great privileges of the university. No hard and fast rules are established, so that a man may cut at discretion, his discretion being based on his standing in courses. Formerly the University looked with leniency on a Phi Beta Kappa man staying away from a large fraction of his classes. It was not likely that he would do so, but occasionaly a Phi Beta Kappa person is possessed of strange whims. This year the situation is entirely different. Our selective draft of students is fulfilling a duty of importance...
...subscribers to this agreement, which is printed in full below, are the A. D. Club, Alpha Phi Sigma Club, Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, Argo Club, Delphic Club, Digmma Club, D. U. Club, Fly, Club, Iroquois Club, Kappa-Gamma Phi, Club, Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Delta Psi Club, Phi Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, PhEpsilon Fraternity, Phoenix Club, Pi Eta Society, Porcellian Club, S. A. E. Fraternity, Spee Club, Stylus Club, S. K. Club, Theta Delta Chi Club...