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...highest scholastic distinction in the College, that of an A.B. or S.B. with summa cum laude went to a near record breaking number of undergraduates, 21. This figure has been equalled only in 1930 and exceeds by ten those given last year...
Under the old rules that prevailed until 1907 approximately 35 per cent of the class received Honors of some form. An average of 5 per cent of the Honors men received a summa cum laude Roughly 450 constituted the total number of degrees awarded...
Immediately, as a result of the new rules, the number of Honors men fell to about 25 per cent of the class, while several "extraordinary cases" were still found, so that the number of degrees summa cum laude was about 2 per cent of those receiving Honors. The total number of degrees remained about the same as in the preceding period...
...unusual restrictions on the summa award were lifted and this was reflected by the rise to 4 per cent Honors men receiving summas that year...
Recently the Faculty met to decide whether changes should be instituted so as to cut down the number of degrees summa cum laude, but after a long discussion, they decided to leave the rules as they are at present. Since 1933 when 20 men, or about 8 per cent, were awarded summas, the number has fallen steadily and last year only 2 out of 266 Honors men, or about 4 1/2 per cent won top honors...