DISTRIBUTION OF COLLEGE CREDITS 



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TABLE I 



Harvard College 



Distribution of 8,969 Grades, Elementary Courses 



Group 1 



i a 



£B 



%c 



#D 



#E 



% Abs. 



Total 



Astronomy 



IB 



13 

 17 



45 

 48 



19 

 17 



6 



7 



1 

 2 



69 



130 



Botany 



VI 



28 

 32 



38 

 44 



14 

 13 



2 



i 



7 

 6 



183 

 219 



Chemistry 



\t 



26 

 19 



45 

 45 



12 

 17 



9 

 11 



2 

 



334 

 319 



Economics 



r? 



18 

 19 



37 



43 



25 

 21 



7 

 7 



3 

 3 



531 

 436 



Engineering 



11 



15 



31 



28 



12 



3 



f 114 

 \121 



Engineering 



10 



13 



27 



21 



21 



9 



f 139 

 1 129 



English 



n 



13 

 11 



52 

 51 



28 

 32 



3 

 3 



3 

 3 



603 

 564 



Fine Arts 



\i 



33 



27 



45 

 67 



10 







2 

 



9 







58 

 49 



French 



Vi 



25 

 19 



35 

 36 



21 

 19 



4 

 10 



4 



4 



156 

 145 



Geology 



\i 



26 

 25 



45 

 33 



20 

 28 



3 

 2 



2 



7 



489 

 85 



Geology 



\i 



28 

 20 



48 

 43 



10 



24 



7 

 7 



5 



2 



122 



108 



German 



\i 



21 

 14 



31 



32 



26 

 27 



11 



17 



4 

 2 



259 

 293 



Government 



I 6 

 \ 9 



16 

 23 



39 

 37 



28 

 21 



8 



7 



3 

 2 



355 

 419 



Greek 



J 35 



115 



28 

 36 



21 

 34 



13 



7 



1 

 5 



3 

 3 



72 

 61 



History 



I? 



20 

 24 



44 

 42 



21 

 20 



5 

 6 



2 

 2 



347 

 380 



Hygiene 



VI 



29 

 23 



33 



48 



18 

 14 



1 

 4 





 3 



87 

 139 



Latin 



ill 



25 



27 



41 

 41 



10 

 5 



7 

 10 





 2 



143 



128 



Mathematics 



ill 



24 

 22 



18 

 31 



31 



23 



11 

 11 





 



85 

 95 



Philosophy 



\l 



31 

 23 



41 

 61 



15 



8 



2 

 



5 

 1 



229 

 215 



Spanish 



I 1 ? 



24 

 13 



43 

 38 



16 

 33 



4 

 8 



3 



2 



106 

 119 



Zoology 



2 



13 



48 



30 



5 



1 



/149 

 \184 



Average 



7 



20 



42 



21 



7 



3 



213 



credit (A) is from one per cent, in English to thirty-five per cent, in 

 Greek. The range of grade B is from eleven per cent, in English, 

 zoology, engineering and astronomy to thirty-three per cent, in fine arts. 

 Grade C shows a minimum of eighteen per cent, in mathematics and 

 a maximum of fifty-two per cent, in English. Grade D ranges from 

 ten to thirty-one; grade E, from one to twenty-one. Courses with 

 fewer than one hundred students are omitted, as the smaller courses are 

 not fairly comparable in a single year with the larger ones on a per- 

 centage basis. 



Still further to safeguard our comparisons, the intermediate and 



