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...life of Mr. Nolen has been one unbroken record of service in the field of private teaching at the University. Born at Philadelphia July 16, 1860, he attended the Central High School, Philadelphia, graduating in 1878. He entered Harvard in the fall of 1880 and graduated "summa cum laude" in 1884. During his college course he was connected with the Regent's Office, having as his duty the keeping of records of the various dormitories. For two years he filled the position of an assistant in biology, securing his master's degree in 1886. Then followed two years...
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Each year, in recognition of superior scholarship, the Commencement Program sets aside certain names of those who have earned degrees with special honor. A degree 'cum laude" may be won by general excellence judged on the basis of grades; the higher honors, "magna cum laude" and "summa cum laude" are awarded only to those who have shown unusual ability in their special field, as indicated by a good scholastic record, a thesis, and usually an oral examination. A personal test of this sort, before a few members of the department, and supplemented with a thesis and course records, is surely...
...English Department, however, it is still possible to receive a degree "magna cum" or "summa cum" without this oral examination. That department still distinguishes between a degree "with distinction" and a degree "with Honors". This latter, which requires a severe oral quiz and a long thesis in addition to a high course record and certain specified studies, entitles the successful candidate to "Honors" or "Highest Honors". But the "magna cum" or "summa cum" is awarded without any oral examination, and with more lenient requirements in other respects: Anglo-Saxon, for example, is not necessary; and the thesis represents less exacting...
...whose concentration is in the Classics. By increasing his courses from six to eight, two of which may be in allied fields, and by attaining the necessary standing in his General Examinations, he can obtain the Degree with Distinction in either of the three grades, cum, magna cum or summa cum laude. For Honors, the highest prize that the Department of the Classics has to bestow, the student must show distinguished ability in the writing of Greek and Latin prose. This subject is no mere exercise in grammar; it clears one's thoughts and trains one's style. Many...