DISTRIBUTION OF COLLEGE CREDITS 



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Table II. indicates the comparative distribution of grades A-E 

 for the three groups — elementary, intermediate and advanced. 



TABLE II 



Habvaed College 

 Distribution of all Grades for Two Academic Years 



Totals 



*A 



*B 



*c 



*D 



£E 



No. of Grades 



Group I. 

 Group II. 

 Group III. 



7 

 12 

 36 



20 



28 

 38 



42 

 37 

 13 



21 



13 



2 



7 

 4 

 2 



8,969 



2,456 



476 



Not only are there extreme variations among different courses, but 

 there are variations in the same courses from year to year that can 

 not be accounted for, apparently, by any of our scientific studies in the 



Fine Arts 



Economics 



English Lit. 



■Slavic 



Metallurgy 



French 



History 



Semitic 



Philosophy 



English Comp 



Latm 



Government 

 Education 

 Phytic s 

 Mathematics 

 Zoology 

 C hem is try 

 free/t 



Grade A = 

 Grade B = 



10% 20%, JO% 40% SOX 60% 70%, 



distribution of abilities among human beings. Fig. 5 shows the per 

 cent, of As and the per cent, of Bs given in each of 53 courses at Har- 



Fine Arts 



Economics 



English tit. 



•Slavic 



Metallurgy 



French 



His tory 



•Semitic 



Philosophy 



English Com/ 



Latin 



Government 

 Education 

 Physics 

 Mathematics 



Zoo/ojy 



Chemistry 

 Greek 





&J 



I 





r- 



i 



•- ^ - 



Grade C— - 

 Grade D = 

 Grade EL = 



10%, 20% 30% 40% S07o 



vard College for 1906-07 contrasted with the same data concerning the 

 same courses for the following year. The data are taken from the 

 published rank lists and from the enrollment in courses as given 



