CORPORATION RATIFIED HONORIS CAUSA DEGREE

The President and Fellows of Harvard College, at their meeting Monday morning voted to follow the recommendation of the Faculty that a degree honoris causa should be given those who were in war service and have completed three-fourths of the work normally required. The vote was that: "Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Honoris Causa for honorable service in the war be given to students who shall have completed at least three-fourths of the requirements for those degrees and who, owing to military service have been unable to complete the entire course."

Mr. F. W. Hunnewell, secretary of the Corporation, explains that this includes men of all classes who have been engaged in war service. A Sophomore or Junior, for example, who was in the service may receive one of these two degrees when he shall have completed three-fourths of the required work. It is not requisite that a student have finished three-fourths his course before entering the service, but upon the completion of this amount he is entitled to apply for one of the two degrees, honoris causa. These degrees are not the regular A.B. and S. B. degrees: the "Honoris Causa" is inseparable though in the catalogue men holding them will not be listed under "Honorary Degrees."