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Dean's List standing was achieved by a substantially higher number of students at Radcliffe than at Harvard again last semester, according to Harvard Registrar Sargent Kennedy '28, and Dean Wilma A. Kerby-Miller.

At the Annex, 47 percent held the Group III or better standing required for the List, while only 35 percent of Harvard men were included in the top three groups. A rise in grades usually takes place during the spring term; the 39 percent of Harvard students on Dean's List at the end of the 1956 spring semester, and the 52 percent at Radcliffe constituted increases over the first semester of last year.

At Harvard, 42.6 percent of seniors achieved Dean's List standing, as did 59 percent of Radcliffe seniors; 36.4 percent of Harvard juniors, 54 percent of Radcliffe juniors; 36.4 percent of Harvard sophomores, 42 percent of Radcliffe sophomores; 31.5 percent of Harvard freshmen, and 40 percent of Radcliffe freshmen.

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