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...writer of this morning's communication agrees with the CRIMSON that marks in courses alone are not the best criterion of intellectual achievement. He takes issue upon other points but fails to consider the real reason that led to the suggestion. Believing that the Phi Beta Kappa could be of greater service to the University by encouraging good scholarship as well as rewarding it we brought forth the proposal that a few men be elected on the basis of their first year record. Thereby it was thought that many who now devote themselves to other fields might be started...
...CRIMSON suggests that the Phi Beta Kappa should elect men on the basis of good work done in their Freshman years, on the ground that in succeeding years they might find order activities more absorbing, and thus fail to qualify for election under the present system. To some people it might almost seem that the present system is for this very reason better, since it requires a man to show that during two or more years he has the ability and the energy to do work of a high order. As a matter of fact, a man who has attained...
Some time ago we recommended that the Phi Beta Kappa might very advantageously elect a limited number of men on the College record of their Freshman year, the reason being that among these there might be men who possessed intellectual ability sufficient to warrant membership in the society who might later, owing to other interests, not be elected. It is possible that a man should make first group in Sophomore year as a result of his first year work and then decide that he would devote his best work to some outside activity. It would probably follow that his College...
This year has seen a change in the policy of the Phi Beta Kappa in relation to publicity. In the past the eligibility qualifications have not been generally known, and election has come solely as a reward of merit. Next fall one of the speakers at the Freshman reception will explain the position of the society in the undergraduate community. This very publicity will make it not only a reward, but also an encouragement for excellence in scholastic work...
...about us in every class of society, are hardly conducive to quiet scholarly labor. But there must be special internal reasons affecting the case at Harvard. A CRIMSON editorial has pointed out the desirability of making a change in the method and time of election to Phi Beta Kappa. If the requirements for membership were defined, and if the terms of election were arranged so that the best scholars could make the society earlier in their course, there is no doubt but that the members, and through them, scholarship in general, would have greater prominence in undergraduate life. Secondly...