Word: kappas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Some time ago we recommended that the Phi Beta Kappa might very advantageously elect a limited number of men on the College record of their Freshman year, the reason being that among these there might be men who possessed intellectual ability sufficient to warrant membership in the society who might later, owing to other interests, not be elected. It is possible that a man should make first group in Sophomore year as a result of his first year work and then decide that he would devote his best work to some outside activity. It would probably follow that his College...
This year has seen a change in the policy of the Phi Beta Kappa in relation to publicity. In the past the eligibility qualifications have not been generally known, and election has come solely as a reward of merit. Next fall one of the speakers at the Freshman reception will explain the position of the society in the undergraduate community. This very publicity will make it not only a reward, but also an encouragement for excellence in scholastic work...
...about us in every class of society, are hardly conducive to quiet scholarly labor. But there must be special internal reasons affecting the case at Harvard. A CRIMSON editorial has pointed out the desirability of making a change in the method and time of election to Phi Beta Kappa. If the requirements for membership were defined, and if the terms of election were arranged so that the best scholars could make the society earlier in their course, there is no doubt but that the members, and through them, scholarship in general, would have greater prominence in undergraduate life. Secondly...
...annual dinner of the Phi Beta Kappa society will be held at the Hotel Westminster this evening at 7 o'clock. F. P. Fish '75, W. C. Lane '81, and A. N. Holcombe '06 will represent the graduates. J. G. Gilkey '12 will act as poet, and J. A. Spaulding '12 as orator...
...last dinner of the social service committee of Brooks House will be held in the Phi Beta Kappa Room of Memorial Hall this evening at 6.30 o'clock. Reports from the various committee men will be presented and the final report of the secretary will be submitted. The committee expects as guests: C. W. Birtwell '85, of the Boston Children's Aid Society; Professor T. N. Carver, Assistant Professor H. N. Davis, Dr. A. N. Holcomb, Professor E. C. Moore, Assistant Professor L. F. Schaub, and Dean Wells. The members of last year's committee have also been invited...