Phi Beta Kappa Amendments

At the annual meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society last June, the society passed the amendments proposed last year providing for an increase in the number of members to be elected and a change in the method of election. These amendments go into effect this year.

From the Junior class eight men are to be elected out of the 12 ranking highest, as heretofore. In the Senior year, however, the first eight will elect 22 men from the Senior class out of the 44 highest in rank who are not already members. Hitherto 17 out of the highest 25 have been elected. Furthermore, these 30 members from the Senior class will elect five "additional members," whose names may not be included in the list of the 52 highest in rank. In former years these "additional members" have been elected in June by the whole society, on nomination by the undergraduate members. In each case the amendments require the appointment of membership committees to report on the qualifications of candidates.