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...that time, a student must possess a degree magna or summa cum laude. The increase of membership besides honoring these scholars allowed the fraternity to match its growth with that of the University and for the first time in several years has the Chapter represented the traditional 10 percent of the graduating class...
...members of the winning team with their averages are; Benjamin Halpern '32, 92.90 percent; Arnold Isenberg '32, 92.30 percent; C. A. Brenner '32, 89.76 percent; H. L. Hinckley '32, 89.66 percent; P. H. Kozodoy '32, 88.83 percent; J. F. Ellsbree '32, 88.78 percent; Joseph Sawyer '32, 88.40 percent. The weighted average of the Boston Latin School is 90.09 percent...
...quota of 45 permitted. Firstly, in only one year of the five considered, (1926) do the official records show that the full number of 45 men were elected. Secondly, though many Magna and Summa men have not been elected in the past five years (38 percent)--in part due to the restriction of numbers elected--a substantial number of Cum men have nevertheless been Class Magnas and Sumthas Cums (general and special) % of Cums from men taken in on course grades Magnas and Summas in P. B. K. including June elections Total Magnas and Summas Awarded in class % of Magnas...
...Magnas and Summas, the Cum members of the society come exclusively from the ranks of those elected before the end of the Senior year, that is, from the men elected on the basis of their course grades. It is, perhaps, significant that of the men so elected, 28 percent were Cum men; and figures not included in the table above show that over half of the Cum men of this 28 percent took general and not special Cums, thus ranking but little above the average student at Commencement. From the above considerations, it appears that even with the increase...
...certain others less definite. In 1927 for instance only 41 men were elected out of a possible 45, and in 1928 only 42 in spite of the fact that a large percentage of Magna and Summa men were not chosen. In 1927, that is, instead of the usual 38 percent, 55 percent of the Magna and Summa men were not admitted to Phi Beta Kappa