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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...their degrees cum laude, against 10.3 per cent. of the men from private schools; that 11.8 per cent, of the public school graduates earned the magna cum laude against 4.3 per cent. of the private school students; and that 2.5 per cent. of the public school scholars won the rare distinction of the summa cum laude. while only .5 per cent. of the men from the private schools achieved it. Also the comparison showed that the public school boys had a considerable smaller percentage of admonitions, probations and other disciplinary penalties...
...entrance requirement, and since Latin was compulsory for Freshmen here. Harvard was the first college to adopt, the "Comprehensive Plan" for entrance, and has been a leader in the system of concentration, distribution and general examinations. The recent progressive steps taken by other universities have only in rare instances gone beyond what Harvard has already done. Perhaps the reason that Harvard has remained comparatively unchanged this year is that she was prepared to meet modern conditions before they...
...rare that civilian or soldier realizes the pains and organization, not to mention heroism, involved in the maintenance of the medical service at the front. If for this alone the book should be read. Dr. Derby has, however, done much more than tell us of his own arm of the service; he has given a very vital and vivid picture of the 2nd Division...
Altogether it is a rare tribute to American education and the fundamental soundness of its system that this first year after the war finds it in such a genuinely healthy condition...
...Fogg Art Museum, which is on the north side of the Yard facing Memorial Hall, there is a small but extremely interesting collection of various exhibitions which have been donated from time to time. Works by Ruskin and Turner, Japanese panels, some rare Renaissance paintings, and a considerable collection a prints are among the more interesting objects to be found here. It is open daily, except Sundays and holidays, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; Sundays from...