THE MARK OF THE SCHOLAR!

Recognition of high scholastic rank in the college has occupied a particularly prominent place in the interest of Harvard men since the matter was brought up in President Lowell's recent report. As long as athletics and publications play the leading roles in undergraduate life, it will be difficult for a man who excels in neither of these fields to obtain the highest recognition; but many minor aids can be given to raise the position of the scholar in the college. One of these would be to provide the caps and gowns of members of Phi Beta Kappa with a distinguishing mark similar to the red tassel of the class officers.

The cap and gown is fundamentally the raiment of the scholar, and so it seems essentially fitting that the leading scholars should wear a special token of their accomplishment. Such a change could easily be put in effect at once by the Class Day Committee. It would serve a real purpose in the college as the distinguishing mark of the scholar.