The sun., 1908-02-22

oAMBRID0E, Mass. Feb. n. Ibid President
Roosevelt take honors a. q @eMdens when
he was at Harvard In his letter giving
biographical particulars about hinnssf pub
lished in facsimile in the Cosm0pohta" Tor
November. 1907. Mr.. Roosevelt Bsys:
Il graduated a. Harvard In 1850; IN collage dio
fsirly we'll In my studles. taking honors N natural
history and political economy. and was very fond Of
sparring. being champion lightweight ~ one tune
The statemsnt about being Harvardb
lightweight champion has been ohown % be
Inaccurate. How about the honorsf
President Roosevelt wss In the Harvard
class OF 80. which entered college IN the fall
Of 1879. Reference In the college library 70
the Harvard catalogues Of that time shows
that there were then two kinds OF hOnOrs TO
be obtained at Harvard. second year hOnoFs
in the classics and In mathsmatics. open %
sOphomores and juniors. and to seniors who
intend to be candidates for nnal honors In
some year after graduation. and nnal hOnors
-of two grades. given at graduation tor great
proficiency In one or more Of tho following
departments: Ancient languages. Ciaesics.
modern languages. philosophy. history. math-
ematics. physics. chemistry. natural history
musio.' Regarding nnal hOnors the cAta-
logle says:
The department In which hOnorsars awarded end
the grade Of honor arc stated In the Diplomas.
In the Harvard catalogue for The college
year Is7s-7o it ls noted that second year
honors in classics and mathematics were
assigned In 1873 to tWsnty-six members OF
the class OF so. President Roosevelts name
is not Included in the list
In the catalogue for l870-eO ik 10 noted that
second year hOnors were assigned Co nve
members OF the class OF 80. and Presidents
ROosevelt's 3 name does noe appear,
In the Harvard catalogue for lse0-sI t Ia
| announced that at commencement. 1880. final
naA In mt M
| seventeen members Of the graduating class.
and the name OF Theodore Roosevelt Is not In
the list. No member OF the graduating class
| took honors In natural history or In political
economy. and the list Of subjects fer which
\ final h0nors were awarded, a. given In the cat
alogue. does not include political economy.
In 1880 for the first time suoh members OF
the graduating class a. were selected By the
faculty received honorable mention on the
| commencement programme and In the annual
| catalogue In one or more Of the following
studies: Greek. Latin. English. English COM
| position. German. French. Italian and Spanish.
philosophy political economy. history. one
arts. music. mathematics. physics. chemistry.
natural history. The catalogue said: The
usual ground Of honorable mention In any
/ study will be the attainment OF q general
average OF 30 per cent. Of the maximum mark
| in such an amount Of elective work In that
study As IL equivalent to sight hours Of reci-
| tatlOn week Tor an acansmio year, VITA
| the provision that In political economy and
in fine arts the deficiency In the number Of
hours might be made up in some coEnats
study. According. to the catalogue fof 1880
81. at CONNER cement. 1880. honorable men
ton was received by ssNsnty-onS memberl
Of the graduating class. and among them
Theodore Roosevelt received honorable mem
ton In natural history.
President Roosevelt's standard Of scholar
| at MS iUh a yWmR = ma
Der OF the Phi Beta Kappa and no graduated
No II In his class Of te1. but the Official reg
ords do not show that he ever took honors oi
any kind In college or received any special
credit. excepting honorable mention In nat
ural history at graduation.