Word: kappa
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many years election to Phi Beta Kappa was based entirely on marks received in college courses. It was in a way automatic; if a man won high enough marks he was assured of election. But with the rapid growth of the College, and especially with the introduction of the elective system, it became evident that some new method of election must be found. The method that was finally selected has several times been modified, and is now believed to secure the election of the best...
...some field. Occasionally men are elected "additional" members who have failed of regular election merely because of some unavoidable circumstance, such as illness, or entrance from other colleges, which prevented them from being placed on the lists prepared by the office. The proportion of members of Phi Beta Kappa to the whole of each college class is smaller at Harvard than at most men's colleges; of recent years it has been about eight per cent...
...dinners was instituted for recent graduates. There is an annual undergraduate dinner; and this year was instituted a larger dinner in the Union for the reception of new members. In the annual baseball game with the Yale chapter, the Harvard chapter has usually held its own. The Phi Beta Kappa spread, on Class Day, has been successful since its foundation, a number of years...
...Beta Kappa Day, in Commencement week, the alumni members gather from all parts of the country, to hear the oration and the poem, by distinguished members. After these exercises, which are open to the public, is held the Annual dinner, in the Union. This dinner, to which only members are admitted, is followed by informal speaking by a number of graduates, and is one of the experiences most enjoyed by the members...
...Beta Kappa is not sensational,--the life of the scholar is seldom sensational. But the society aims to give substantial recognition to those men who believe that intellectual effort is worth while; it aims to do for the scholar what the "H" and the Varsity Club do for the athlete. Though sheer "grinding" or absolute indifference to scholarship are not likely to win election, membership is within the reach of any man of good ability who is willing to do, even at some sacrifice, the best work of which he is capable. It is interesting to note that at Yale...