DEGREE WITH DISTINCTION

Today the Faculty of Arts and Sciences issues a pamphlet on the requirements for the new degree known as "The Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Distinction." This pamphlet may be obtained at the Publication Office, University 2.

Last year the Faculty voted to establish this new degree, and adopted rules which were approved by the Board of Overseers and printed in the CRIMSON on May 17. The requirements for the new degree within the various divisions and departments were not, however, agreed upon by the Faculty and it was voted on June 21 to refer the recommendations of the divisions and departments to a Committee of Divisions consisting of one member from each division. At the last meeting of the Faculty this Committee recommended general regulations (printed below), and a set of requirements of the different Divisions and Departments, both of which were adopted by the Faculty and appear in the above named pamphlet. Next year and thereafter these regulations and requirements will be embodied in the Catalogue.

On account of the delay in the adoption of requirements, these new rules will not go into effect with the class of 1907 as was purposed last year; but, beginning with the class of 1908, the degree of Bachelor of Arts with distinction will be conferred only under these rules and regulations. In the classes of 1906 and 1907 students may choose whether they will be candidates for this degree under the new rules or under the present rules. The form of distinction called Honorable Mention will not be continued after 1907. Second Year and Final Honors, however, will be continued as heretofore until further notice.

The general regulations adopted are as follows:

1. A candidate for a degree with distinction "in a subject or related subjects" shall study under the direction of a Department, Division, or Special Committee, which shall, if satisfied with his work, recommend him for that degree. If his work be judged unworthy of distinction, but worthy of a degree, this body may recommend him for a degree, without distinction.

2. The candidate shall make application, not later than November 1 (in History and Political Science not later than October 10) of his last year, to the Department, Division, or Committee under which he wishes to be enrolled; he shall, at the same time, record his name and purpose at the office of the Dean of Harvard College. Students intending to become candidates are urged to put themselves, as early as the beginning of their Sophomore year, under the guidance of the Department, Division, or Committee under which they expect to work.

3. The particular branch of study to which the student has devoted himself will be mentioned in his diploma and on the Commencement Program.

4. The requirements for the degree cum laude and magna cum laude are the same. The grade of distinction depends on the excellence of the student's work, as determined by the Department, Division, or Committee in charge.

5. Work done by a student, either in vacations or in term time, outside of his regular courses, may be treated, in such manner as the appropriate Department, Division, or Committee shall decide, as part of the fulfillment of the requirements for the degree with distinction.

6. A course or a piece of outside work toward a degree with distinction will not be considered by two different departments.

7. A student who has to pass a special examination for the degree with distinction may, at the discretion of his Department, Division or Committee, be excused, during his last year, from final examinations in courses dealing with his particular subject