More than half of the honor roll of the New York University College of Arts and Science for this semestre is composed of Jewish students. Of the 99 students constituting the honor roll, fifty-seven are Jewish.
Leonard Zissu, a junior, of 1084 Gerard avenue, Bronx, had the highest average with 94.5 percent. Joseph Mersand, another Jewish student, a senior, ranked second with a standing of 94.3 percent.
One of the ten degrees conferred with distinction in the mid-year awards of degrees at Harvard was made to a Jewish student. David Seegal of Jamaica Plain, N. Y. received the degree M. D. cum laude.
Election to the Yale Chapter of Sixma Xi, honorary scientific society-included among the sixty-eight new members four Jewish students.
Among the 471 students at Princeton University who won distinction for high academic standing during the first term of this year are 18 Jews.
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