RANK LIST SHOWS GROUP I LACKING IN ATHLETES

Not a single "H" man qualified for the first group, or highest honors, and only one qualified for Group II according to the figures published in the 1924-25 Rank List of the upper three classes of the University. Four of the five men who will lead the major sport teams-at the University this year are in the fifth or passing group, and a large number of H men are included in Group VI, which is "low pass".

A total of only 32 men, as compared with 38 last year, 40 in 1922-23, and 44 in 1921-22 attained the first group, and of these nine are Seniors, 16 are Juniors and 7 are Sophomores.

There are a larger number of honor men, or those qualifying for the first three groups, however, than last year. Four hundred and sixty-eight men out of the total number of students in the upper classes, 2357, or 20 percent, gained this distinction, as compared with 418 men out of a total of 2293, or 18 percent, last year.

The number of students in the College who finished the year with records too low for promotion was larger by over 50 men than last year. In 1923-24 248 men failed, while this year the total was 302.

Rank List Originated in 1921

The idea of publishing yearly a list of all undergraduates with their comparative scholastic ratings was first conceived in the fall of 1921 as result of a recommendation of the Scholastic Committee of the Student Council to publish the grades of all students as an incentive to higher scholarship. This was found to be impractical and the College devised the present system of dividing all promoted students into six groups according to the average of the grades attained Men who completed their requirements for a Bachelor's degree and men who missed their final examinations are not included in the percentages.

The qualifications of the six groups are as follows:

I. Highest Distinction. Three and one-half A's and one-half B.

II. High Distinction. One and one-half A's and two and one-half B's.

III. Distinction. Three and one-half B's and one-half C.

IV. High Pass. One and one-half B's and two and one-half C's.

V. Pass. Three and one-half C's and one-half D.

VI. Low Pass. Men ineligible for a higher group, who met the requirements in courses for promotion.

The following table shows the number of students and the percentage of each class in each of the six groups:

The following is a list of Group one students:

Class of 1926--E. M. Bailen, S. H. Checkver, G. W. Cottrell Jr., M. C. Fergenson, H. R. Gale, Lester Ginsburg, J. E. Stocker, D. E. Wood, R. S. Wright.

Class of 1927--K. O. E. Anderson, A. H. Chase, A. E. Currier, Eugene Eisenmann, S. W. Elton, W. F. Farr, J. D. Houghton, M. T. Katz, G. T. Major, L. A. Rusin, N. W. Schur, Philip Solomon, A. H. Sworsky, L. H. Weinstein, L. A. Weissberger, C. E. Wyzanld Jr.

Class of 1928--E. L. Bleweiss, J. W. Cox, H. T. Dolan, C. H. Jones Jr., J. S. Lieberman Jr., H. L. Lodish, I. S. Stamm. Rank List Group  Class of 1926 Number  Percentage Group I  9  1.3 Group II  41  6.1 Group III  97  14.4 Group IV  148  21.9 Group V  200  29.6 Group VI  73  10.8 All others  107  15.9 Total  675  100.0 Class of 1927 Group I  16  2.1 Group II  39  5.1 Group III  108  14.3 Group IV  175  23.1 Group V  207  27.3 Group VI  82  10.8 All others  131  17.3 Total  768  100.0 Class of 1928 Group I  7  0.8 Group II  41  4.4 Group III  110  11.9 Group IV  169  18.3 Group V  290  3.4 Group VI  90  9.7 All others  217  23.5 Total  924  100.0