Word: phi
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gentleman's grade of C" he flatly thought beneath him; his idea of a gentleman's grade was hard and thoughtful work on whatever the gentleman undertook. That landed him in Phi Beta Kappa, by direct action. Or rather it landed him among people who chose college because it was a place to do something, and then did it as well as they knew how. That principle he carried throughout his life. He never skimped or spared himself. He put Theodore Roosevelt, all there was of him, right into whatever he undertook...
...members of the Council this year, and those who were elected to the Council last year. The members ex-officio consist of the four class presidents; the captains and managers of major teams; the chief executives of the Advocate, Lampoon, Illustrated, and CRIMSON; and three members chosen by the Phi Beta Kappa...
...coveted Phi Beta Kappa trophy given each year by the University chapter to the preparatory school whose graduates make the best record in the entrance examinations, goes this year to the Country Day School for Boys, of West Newton. The award is based on the number of boys who attain the honor list in proportion to the number admitted. Those on this list, twenty-nine in number, reached an average grade of work in all their examinations worthy of honorable mention...
...winter meeting and dinner of the Harvard Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa, which was to be held last Wednesday night at the Colonial Club, has been indefinitely postponed...
Announcement has been made of the election of Clarence Crane Brinton '19, of Springfield, as secretary of Phi Beta Kappa for next year...