Word: magnas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has made an intelligent move in formulating a plan to elect to the Society all men who receive degrees magna cum laude. If the plan is accepted, as it certainly ought to be, it will quiet much of the criticism of Phi Beta Kappa and it will add correspondingly to the Society's prestige...
...Beta Kappa keys based wholly or mainly on course grades has rightly, been criticized, for course grades are a superficial criterion of intellectual capacity. It is recognized that general examinations and honors theses are far more adequate tests of intelligent scholarship than course examinations and that the degree magna cum laude is the best official guarantee of a man's scholastic achievement. The Phi Beta Kappa Society has admitted this principle and has for several years elected men who, although they have not held high places on the rank list, have been awarded a degree with high honors in their...
...matter coming up for discussion at the business meeting will be a radical change in the system of elections, making it an arbitrary rule to elect all men who receive degrees magna cum laude at Commencement. Under the present laws of the society only 25 men are elected from those receiving high honor degrees, which makes it necessary to exclude some in that category. If the proposed change is made the society will no longer have a fixed number of members each year, but will vary with the number of honor degrees awarded. At present 65 men are elected annually...
...Edith Scott Magna, president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution LL.D...
...highest scholastic distinction in the College, the degree of Summa cum Laude, was awarded to 12 Seniors, the same number as received it last year. The proportion of the class receiving their degrees cum Laude or Magna cum Laude, on the other hand, shows a substantial increase over that of a year ago, bearing out a tendency which has been noticeable during the last decade. The number of awards with distinction has steadily risen, more than keeping pace with the increase in the number of degrees awarded...