New Regulations by the Faculty.

The new "Regulations of the Faculty of Harvard College" are out and present many new and entertaining features. A hasty comparison of the last year's "codex" with the present one may be of interest to those who have not time to make the comparison for themselves.

The first regulation on the list we find changed. Absences are no longer returned to the Dean, but to the secretary, who enters them on each student's record. Petitions to the faculty may now be handed in up to 10 o'clock on the day of the faculty meeting. The new Rule (5) with regard to the time of changing electives, limiting such changes to Nov. 1 and March 1, are well known already. Rule 7 and 8 is new. Instructors are to report to the Dean from time to time the names of students who have failed to satisfy them in the performance of the work of the course. Any instructor, with the approval of the Dean, may exclude a student from his course for neglect of work, and the fact shall be reported to the faculty at the next meeting.

The scale of scholarship has been changed from the old percentage system to a system of five grades, A, B, C, D, E. Students who fail in a course will be assigned to E. Last year this grade was fixed at two-fifths of the maximum mark. Failure on the work of the year is changed from "failure to get one half the maximum mark," to those who "stand below grade E." As the regulation previously read, a student who failed on the year's work as a whole, although he passed on all his studies, could make up the deficiency by taking one or more electives in addition to those regularly required for a degree. The marks on these courses would be substituted for the lowest marks he received in the previous year's work. Now, a student may regain his standing "by attaining in some subsequent year such grades, that the average number of courses in which he stands below grade C is not more than three for each of the two years."

The penalty for dishonesty in examination has been withdrawn from the rules, pending probably the invention of some more terrible scheme. Under the "Degree of Bachelor of Arts," rule 26 reads: "above group D." This is changed from "one half of the total maximum." In rule 27, grade A is substituted for 90 per cent.

The magna cum is now obtained by one "who has stood in grade A in one half of his college work and has not fallen below C in any study. This is changed from the old rule of "80 per cent. for the whole college course, or 85 per cent. for the last three years." The cum laude cannot be received by anyone who has fallen below grade C in any study.

There are some changes in the requirements for Honors in English; and the assignments of honorable mention and of Degrees with Distinction will be made through standing committees of the Faculty. Application for scholarships must be handed in before the last Monday in may. The establishment of a committee to overlook the work of special students was announced last spring, and needs no additional comment.