M. I. T. Senior Class Highest in Scholarship

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made a study of the scholarship standards of the various classes, and reports some interesting results. An investigation extended over a number of years shows that members of Greek letter fraternities at Technology do as well in their studies as the average. The second year exhibits an average of scholarships at Technology that is below that of the first year, the third equals the first year's average, and the senior class average is the highest. That the second year should have a showing lower than the first is not unexpected in a school of this character, for a number of reasons. One of these is that the momentum of the preparatory school which has carried the students pretty well through the freshman year is lost, and the students have come upon a new type of work. They have selected their professional courses, and this is done often without a real knowledge of what the selection means. The course, for example, may not be the one for which the student is best fitted. This influences his standing, and the fact that the men begin the new work of attacking problems and entering into what is truly technical training has a further influence. By the end of the second year the students have adjusted themselves to the new conditions, and in the third year they have made up the deficiency and are ready to go on to a higher average.