Back row: Dora Ranilovic ’13, Amanda Krauss ’13, Alec Long ’13, Jack Faso ’13, Greg Vanderhorst ’13, Alex Aylward ’13, Ken Lipke ’13 Front row: Anya Schulman ’13, Elizabeth Cappuccino ’13, Christine Moloney ’13, Erin Gould ’13, Emily Heitzhaus ’13, Hayley Weinberg ’13, Lauren Randaccio ’13 (Not pictured: Emily Ardalan ’13, Un-pil Baek ’13, Patricia Daly ’13, Raina Duggirala ’13 and Pearl Guerin ’13)
2013 Cum Laude Society Induction By Nina Barone Twenty members of the Class of 2013 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society on Thursday, April 25. The President of the society, Dr. Dan Rosenblum, and the Secretary, Dr. Andrew Sutherland, led the initiation ceremony at the Morning Meeting. The Class of 2013 includes Emily Ardalan ’13, Alex Aylward ’13, Unpil Baek ’13, Lizzy Cappuccino ’13, Patricia Daly ’13, Raina Duggirala ’13, John Faso ’13, Erin Gould ’13, Pearl Guerin ’13, Emily Heitzhaus ’13, Amanda Krauss ’13, Kenneth Lipke ’13, Alec Long ’13, Christine Moloney ’13, Lauren Randaccio ’13, Dora Ranilovic ’13, Anya Schulman ’13, Anna Tantillo ’13, Greg Vanderhorst ’13 and Hayley Weinberg ’13.
English Department Chair, Dr. Andrew Sutherland, addressed the inductees by talking about the excellence these students achieved and their necessary struggle to accomplish what they have. Dr. Sutherland applauded the work that the inductees have done, balancing academics, athletics and social lives. The Cum Laude Society is a fellowship of scholars whose purpose is to recognize excellence in academic work. As members pursue their education, it is the School’s hope that students will accept the honor of membership of this society as a responsibility to make some contribution to the ongoing search for greater understanding of humanity and of society, and that they will always cherish the love
of sound learning. At Nichols, criteria for admission of students to the Cum Laude Society is based on: academic excellence; scholarship and love of learning; consistency in performance across the four years, with special attention to achievement in grades 11 and 12; degree of difficulty of course load; and character, honor and integrity in all aspects of school life. The society was founded in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris of the Tome School in Maryland to recognize students of exceptional scholarship and good character. Nichols, in 1918, was the thirteenth school to be admitted to membership in the Cum Laude Society. Congratulations to the 2013 inductees! Fall/Winter 2013
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