Word: magnas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...divisionals not at any great distance, there are several points worth discussion. In the first place, what is the situation in regard to exemption from final examinations in concentration subjects? In the division of History, Government and Economics, the custom has been to mark the general examination Summa cum, Magna cum, cum Laude, and pass, with exemption; one may also be passed but be required to take his final examinations. Supposedly this system is to be followed in the new fields in which generals have been introduced; it is a good method. But, so far as we know, there...
...feature of the award was the granting of the degree of Master of Science in Zoology to Dr. R. Heber Howe Jr. '07, who has recently been appointed supervisor of Harvard rowing. Two men won the degree of A. B. "magna cum laude." They are Edwin F. Carpenter '22, and Edward...
...from a final examination by the instructor, but his previous work was of an A average. He is thus entitled to a total of 14 1-2 A's. Last spring Chandler received his degree "as of 1921" with double distinction--summa cum laude in Classics and Government, and magna cum laude in Classics. This year he is studying in Balliol College, Oxford, but his absence does not disqualify him from holding office, which is purely honorary, as all the administration of the business of the society is in the hands of the Recording Secretary...
Henry Wyman Holmen, now professor of Education in the University, has been elected Dean. Dean Holmes was graduated from the University in the class of 1903, winning his degree magna cum laude. He took his A. M. in 1904. For the next two years he was principal of Edward Devotion School in Brookline, afterwards going to the Boston High School of Commerce to serve as head of the English Department. Since 1907 he has been a member of the University' teaching staff, first as instructor in Education, later as assistant professor, and finally, since 1917, as full professor...
Among the students who finished with the highest rank are Otto Swett Wagner '19, of Salem, who graduated magna cum laude with final honors in Classics; Martin S. Swanson '18, of Ralston, Pa., magna cum laude in Chemistry; and Lewis Ecles Ward '19, magna cum laude in Mathematics. The men who were granted degrees include Captain William James Murray '19, Edward Lawrence Casey '19, Ralph Horween '18, Morris Phinney '19, Joseph Francis Ryan '20, and Manager Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr., '20, of the football team, and Lloyd K. Garrison '19, president of the Advocate...