Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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oitor ; ocieti The Honor Society of Springfield College la s claim to distinction on two counts: first, the unique recpiirements for admittance to the society, and, second, the unusual way in which the candidate’s qualifications are determined. In common with the Phi Beta Kajipa and other honorar ' organizations, the basis of membership is scholarship. The Honor Societ ’ of Springfield, however, reciuircs more than the mere application to study, resulting in high grades. Its founders believed that our school of all schools stood for all-round dcvclojmient of Christian manhood, and with this thought in mind the requirements of the society were formulated. Character, Cajiacity, and Culture are the three elements entering into the considerations for membership, and are symbolized liy the (ireek letters which arc the initials of the words in translation, Kajipa, Delta, Pi.” Space will not |)ermit the defining of these terms in the detail they deserve, but the reader will readily see that no “bookworm,” no “unsocial l)cing,” or other “freak” will be admitted. This will api)car all the more readily when the system of choosing is understood. The committee from the Faculty makes out a list (d ' the fifteen men (jf the graduating class, who in their estimation are best examples of these three ideals, all-nnmd men. Similar lists are prepared b} ' the Faculty as a wh(de, and by the Seniors themseh’es, all bearing in mind the three reciuiremcnts. At the clo.se of this ' oting. the three lists are compared and 1) - an ingenious system of scoring the a ’erage results are pnjcured. This works out in j ractice in a somewhat remarkaljle wa ' , in that the three lists vary ever .so slightly as to order of ch(fice, and almost as slightly in the three columns of requirements. It will l)e seen that this is a very democratic and unusual method of securing the names. In 1915 eleven men were elected to the society, and in 1916, the second year, thirteen men received the honor. Their names and portraits appear on the opposite i)age. The matter of choosing a suitable emblem has been under consideration for some time, and the emblem which finalh ' appears as the result is a triangular key, with the Greek letters engra ed on the face, and the man’s name and year on the reverse. Page nine