Word: plains
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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President Lowell examined the records of all Harvard men who graduated from the Law school for the twenty years previous to 1910. He found that of those men who graduated from College with a plain degree-that is without a "cum laude"-38 out of 577, or 6.6 per cent, obtained "cum laude" in the Law School. Of those who graduated from College with a "cum laude", 66 out of 290, or 22.7 percent., won this honor in the Law School; of those who graduated from college with a "magna cum laude", 80 out of 204, or 39.2 percent...
...Thus," he concluded, "the chance of obtaining a 'cum laude' in the Law School is almost ten times as great for a man with a 'summa cum laude' in college as for a man who graduated with a plain degree; for a man with a 'magna cum laude' it is six times as great; and for a man with a 'cum laude' between three and four times as great...
...with the record shown in their studies by members of the Freshman football team. Since then certain objections have been made to this editorial on the ground that it put the Freshman class in a false light. Wishing to treat these men with all fairness, we shall make it plain how far we were wrong, and how far we were right...
...editorial board of the Harvard Engineering Journal the following officers were elected: editor-in-chief, T. R. Kendall '12, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; assistant editor, T. Saville '14, of Culebra, Panama; business manager, F. W. Harvey '13, of New Rochelle, N. Y.; secretary, D. B. Adams '12, of Jamaica Plain...
...Princeton, respectively, and the Freshman relay team defeated the Yale freshmen. If indoor results are at all significant, this showing promises well for the important outdoor meets of the late spring. Also the very fair cross-country record of last fall, combined with Saturday's results, makes it plain that the coaches will have at their command at least one of the two elements necessary for a winning track team...