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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whatsoever about it. He also gives the impression that he is out to "beat" the student in a little game that he wins if he can give the student a low mark, and he loses if he can't; An "assistant" should assist the students in his course as well as the professor, and it is high time that they did so. Eight poor "assistants" out of twenty-one is entirely too high a proportion...
This fact is strikingly shown by the increase from four degrees awarded to men summa cum laude last year to twenty this year. In the same way the number of Ph.D.s has increased showing a similar trend in the graduate schools. President Lowell can well be proud of the Harvard he has brought to what the ancient Greeks would have called a state of "happiness." Harvard also, can well be proud of the leader under whose vigorous, yet quiet direction, she has attained such pleasant heights...
This general tendency toward a higher scholastic level is the result of a definite attitude which has manifested itself during the past few years. It is a well known fact that all of the extra curricular activities have had fewer and fewer students show an interest in them. Certain fields have felt this more definitely than others, with the managerial competitions showing the largest decrease in numbers of candidates...
Henry Norris Russell: an astronomer, whose study of nature's handiwork on her grandest scale has won a well-deserved renown...
Sweezy received his degree Magna cum Laude, with Highest Honors in History, the first degree of the kind granted at Harvard. As an undergraduate, he distinguished himself in extra-curricular affairs as well as in scholarship, being President of the CRIMSON, a member of the Student council, and permanent Treasurer of his class...