1946-1947 Academic Catalog

GENERAL IN FORM A TION 13 A minimum of 120 merit points is r equired for graduation from a degree course. (Merit points are not given for r equir ed physical, education courses). It is evident that an average grade of "C" is necessary for graduation. By the use of points a student may read– ily determine the quality of progress he is making in his course. Comm e ncement Hon ors.-A student who wins eighty per cent of the maximum number of merit points obtainable in his course will be graduated cum laude, "with praise"; one who wins ninety per cent of the maximum number obtainable in his course, will be graduated magna c um laude, "with great praise", and one who wins the maxi– mum number obtainable in his course, will be graduated s um ma cum laude, "with the highest praise." Honor Society.-ln 1920 an honor society, called the Cedarville College Crown Club, was established, to which members are elected by the faculty on the basis of excellence in scholarship. (1) A Junior or Senior who for two semesters, not necessarily consecutive, has acquired a grade of A in all of his studies may be elected to mem– bership in this society. (2) One who in four semesters has obtained not more than one grade of B in each semester, all other grades be– ing A, may be elected to membership. (3) A student may be elected to membership upon graduation after a full four - years' course, pro– vided he has no grade below B and thr ee- fourths of his grades are A. (4) Students who have taken part of their college course in other in– stitutions are eligible to the society by either of the first two stand– ards 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 letters C. C. C. C. Contes'ts and P rizes John Alford Prizes.-These prizes, established by the Rev. John Alford, D. D., a distinguished minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and a trustee of Cedarville College, are now continued in his memory by his daughter, Miss Martha Alford. The prizes are used for the purchase of Crown Club pins, and are awarded annually through the Cedarville College Crown Club for the attainment of high scholarship. Bible Reading Contests.-Miss Margaret Belle Rife, of the class of 1916, annually offers prizes of five, four, three, two and one dollar for a girls' Bible reading contest held in the Spring of each year. An– other friend offers similar prizes for a men's contest held in the Autumn.