1926-1927 Academic Catalog

COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT Honor Society In 1920 an honor society, called the Cedarville College Crown Club, was. established, to yvhich mem1;>ers are elected by the faculty on the basis of excellence m scholars'hip. (1) A Junior or Senior who for t~o semest_ers, n~t necessarily co,nsecutive, has acquired a grade of A m all of his studies may be elected to mem:bership in this society (2) or one who in four semesters has obtained not more than on~ one grade of B for each semester, all other grades being A, may be elected to membership upon graduation after a full four-year's course, provided he has no grade below B and three-fourths of his grades are A. (3) Students who have taken part of their college cirriculum in other institutions are eligible to the society by either of the first two standards given above, but not by the third. Upon election to this society the student is presented with a gold pin in the design of a crown similar to that in the seal of the College, and bearing the let– ters C. C. C. C. The following are members of C. C. C. C. :- Elected in 1921, Alice McKibben, Josephine Randall, Thelma Deacon and Lucile Johnson. Elected in 1922, Marion Stormont and Helen Bradfute. Elected in 1923, Earle Collins, Alice Lackey, Marjorie McClel– lan, E. D. McKune, Florence Smith, Ernest Wright, Lucinda Caskey, Hazel Williams, Lulu Murphy, Forrest Nagley, Dorothy Tarr and June Thompson. Elected in 1924, Ruth McPherson, Martha Dean, Dorothy Wilson. Elected in 1925, Sybil Robson, Mae McKay, Mlary Webster, Har– riet Shields. Commencement Honors A student who wins eighty per cent. of the maximum number of merit points obtainable in his curriculum will be graduated_ cum laude, "with praise"; one who wins ninety per cent of the maximum number obtainable in his curriculum, will be graduated magna cum laude, "with great praise"; and one who wins the maximum num~er obtainable in his cour.se, will be graduated summa cum laude, "with the highest praise." The maximum number of merit points obtain– able in any curriculum is three times the number of credits or semester-hours required for graduation in that curriculum. Rhodes Scholarship Men who have completed their Sophomore year at Cedarville College are eligible to compete for the Cecil Rhodes Scholarships, tenable for three years at Oxford University, England, with a stipend of $1,500 each year. These scholarships are awarded on the combined basis of character, scholarship, athletics, and leadership in extra-curriculum activities. Further information may be obtained from any member of the Rhodes Scholarship Committee of Selec– tion of Ohio: Chairman, President W. 0. Thompson, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Cary R. Alburn, Esq., Attorney, Gar– field Bank Building, Cleveland, Ohio; Professor B. E. Schmitt, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Professor H. B. Eng– lish, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; Secretary, Professor Leigh Alexander, 111 S. Cedar Ave., Oberlin, Ohio. Rates and Tuition £he fee for instruction in the collegiate department is forty dollars per semester, payable on the opening day. This includes ~ tui- PAGE TWENTY-THREE