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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...number of approved candidates for honors has continued its steady increase having risen 12 in actual numbers and 1.4 percent over last year's total. These figures show that although. Economics draws more men to its field, English still has a substantial lead in number of candidates for honors, 35.6 percent of its total as compared with 32 percent in Economics...
...years coming up from 9.4 to 10.7 percent of the whole number. A significant development is shown by the figures of the fields of Bio-Chemical Sciences, Biology and Chemistry all three closely related. In 1927 in the combined fields there were 314 students; Bio-Chemical Sciences had 71 men; Biology had 87; and Chemistry had 156. In 1928 the first named drew 92 candidates and increase of 21; Biology dropped 16; and Chemistry decreased 19. This year however although the total of the three remained essentially the same Bio Chemical Sciences made an even more definite increase, 40 men...
...those in the Department of Classics 35 out of a possible 45 are candidates for honors Sociology and Social Ethics which was just started the year before last ranks a close second with 15 from its 20 members being aspirants for honors Philosophy having 60 percent of its men approved for honors is third...
...Department of Romance Languages has the smallest number of candidates for honors among those with more than ten concentrators. Only 50 men 24.3 percent of the total of 206 have been approved while Fine Arts having 29 out of 117 or but 24.8 percent in a close second
There has been an increasing amount of discussion in recent years of the pros and cons of certain features of the present system of General Examination in History Government and Economics. Men concentrating in this division take three three hour examinations at the end of the Senior year; one covering the department of History, Government or Economics as the case may be one on a special field with in the department and a so called "general" examination on the two related departments in which the student is not concentrating...