The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-07
GIRLSL LEADING
MEN STUDENTS
AT STATE A. G.
Have Better Scholastic Stand
ing. Study of Records in
College Shows
SENIORS TOP OTHERS
Members of FraternitieS Also
Shown to Have Better
Class Records

Fargo, y. D., Feb. THAT woman
students lead men in college stand
i1gs, that the seniors lead all other
classes in average grades, that fra
tcInity men and sorority women have
higher grades than do those students
who are not members Of such organ
iz@tions is II partial summary Of rec
ords compiled by a, II. Parrot, reg
istrar at the North Dakota Agricul-
:ural college.
The records show the scholarship
standings for the fail term, 1928, and
include all classes, courses Of study.
organized and unorganizcd groups.
and the high school and industrial
departments.
Seniors at the college lead all
other classes in scholastic standings,
according to these records. Seniors
are the best students. sophnmorcs,
next. juniors, third, and freshmen
last. The average grade for the four
year students is 82:5, while the soph-
omorc average is S0.l, the Junior
Nv crage 1873 and the freshman aver
age standing being 1853, according TO
Mr.. PARROT.
The general average for all stu
dents at the college is 1876. Women
students seem to be better than men
for the mems average is III while
the average for all women is Sill.
Tie averages for undergraduates
varies somewhat from the figures
given above VIII ich include the stand
ings Of every student who is enrolled
in the institution. The undergradu-
ate average, which does not take i
those who have received a degree
ant are now doing advanced work, is
TS.4.
In this class iiication also the wo-
men students have higher grades
their average being SIG while the
average for the men is 16.4.
Vets Highest.
Far ahead all other schools of the
college in the column of grades earn
ed is the school of veterinary science
and surgery. The students in these
courses have an average standing
for the fall term of 500. Students II
the school of education come second
with Il grade of 1915; agricultural
students are third with standing OF
19.5, while chemistry students are g
close fourth with an average Of 79.4
Grades in the other schools and de
partments show the following aver
ages science and literature, 1871
home economics 7S.5; engineering
1853; pharmacy, ISL. Pharmacy sen
iGrs showed the best work OF an.
one class group, the average befh,
SIT. The seniors in agriculture an,
engineering tied with an average o
Sl.3.
Fraternity men attained an aver
age scholarship standing OF 1911, Will
the non-fraternity men received a.
average grade of 1874. The averag
grade OF sorority members was 81
while the average grade for womc1
students not belonging to sororitie
was S1.l. No student carrying les
than II hours of work is eligible t
q fraternity or sorority group.
Women Beat Men.
In the high school department o
the college the women students re
ceived an average standing Of 79.t
while the average for the men wa
7c.5. The second year high schoo
students led all other classes wit
grades of an average of 1873. Ser
iors were second with the grade O
1856; freshmen third with TIA; jun
iors third with 1873.
Again in the industrial departmen
the women lead with the average Q
S5.7 while the men have an averag
of 70. The course in home maxim
shows grade OF s5.s; farm hus
handry students come second wit
1916; power machinery students com
third with 79.l; students in tn
course in drafting and building hay
the average Of 76.5.