Communication

[We invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest.]

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

At the time when the elective pamphlet appears, it seems desirable to call the attention of students, particularly of Freshmen, to the fact that the most satisfactory results of College study are often secured by men who plan their work with a view to candidacy for a degree with distinction. (See Catalogue, pp. 508-518). For this gives them a chance to fulfill the popular definition of a liberal education as one which results in knowing a little of everything and all about something. The best way of deciding what kind of distinction to try for has been found to be as follows: Glance through the elective pamphlet, checking in pencil all courses which attract you, from this list select as many courses as are requisite for your degree, arranging them year by year; then see whether this list does not so nearly approach the requirements for distinction as to need only slight modification. Concerning such modification, the student may best consult the chairman of the Division in which he thus thinks of specializing. (See Catalogue, p. 315). Should he be uncertain what division to choose, I shall be glad to give him all the help in my power. As Chairman of the Committee on Degrees with Distinction in History and Literature, I have had much experience in general advice about all degrees with distinction. I shall welcome any one who would like to talk about them, at 18 Grays Hall, on Friday, from 9.30 to 12.30; on Saturday next, the 30th, from 10 to 12; and on any morning of next week from 10 to 12. BARRETT WENDELL.