Honor for a Harvard Man.

Francis G. Benedict '93 of Boston this summer received the degree of doctor of philosophy, magna cum laude, at the University of Heidelberg, in Germany, and with the distinction of having won the honor in a single year, something not heretofore achieved.

Benedict took the degree of bachelor of arts at Harvard in 1893, with honorable memtion four times, and the degree of master of arts in 1894. In Heidelberg he studied under the celebrated Victor Meyer.