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ETT HARVARD'S 2620 YEAR. A Substantial Increase in the College. Wale Men in the Law School. Cambridge, Oct. 4—The two hun- dred and sixty-second academic year at Harvard began last Thursday. The work of registration and the arranging of courses and classes has since been progressing after the routine method of previous years and the real work in recitations and lectures has but just commenced. The first step with the student entering the University is to register and then he is confronted with the more difficult task of choosing his courses. The elective system makes the process of selecting courses and arranging classes much more involved than would be the case if all students in the entering class were required to take certain prescribed courses. Too frequently the Freshman upon enter- ing the college does'not himself know what studies he wishes to pursue, and accordingly a committee on the recep- tion of new students has proven most valuable in guiding the work of selec- tion. On this committee are placed each year a number of prominent un- dergraduates to co-operate with mem- bers of the Board of Instructionin the different departments. The students _ have shown themselves a most valuable adjunct to the committee. This year the committee numbered thirty-eight men under the direction of Prof. U. S. Shaler. Besides this committee there are other reception committees of the Graduates’ Club and the Young Men’s Christian Association. These commit- tees are provided with a varied assort- ment of maps, charts, pamphlets of courses, lists of boarding places and similar aids. . To-night, being Bloody Monday, as the first Monday in the year was known in the earliest days of the insti- tution, an especial effort is made to keep the classes from celebrating in the lawless fashion of former years. A reception to new students is given, at which an attractive program is ar- ranged and addresses.are made to the new arrivals by prominent men in the University. The object of the-gather- ing is only partially realized, however, for the rush and frolic begins after the reception is over. VERY LARGE ENTERING CLASS. The number of students in the Uni- versity this year cannot yet be defin- itely ascertained. A list of Academic and Scientific Freshmen and first year specials, which has been compiled by the Harvard Crimson, contains 717 names. This indicates a substantial gain in entering classes over last Fall. The Class of 1901 is stated to be the largest class that ever entered the University. How much larger can only be definitely learned when the cat- alogue is issued. At the time of the. June examinations this year, 396 stu- dents were admitted as against 336 the year previous. The indications are that this gain has been increased by the Fall examinations, the results of which are not yet computed. Another fact which will serve to increase the college total is the large size of the Senior class this year. . The Class of Ninety-Eight is an unusually large one, while the Class of Ninety-Seven, which preceded it, was numerically some- what below the average. Changes in the buildings, the Faculty, and the curriculum are fewer this year than usual. Building enterprise for the past year has been exerted mainly in the construction of large private dor- mitories. The University mourns the loss dur- ing the Summer of two of its most eminent men, who have already been mentioned in the Weekly, Prof. George Martin Lane, the Latin scholar, who had given longer continual service to the college than any other teacher with the exception of Professors Child and Cook; and Prof. Frederick DeForest Allan, for many years professor of philology and eminent clagsicist. The following members of the Fa- culty will be absence from the Univer- sity—taking their Sabbatical year; C. L. Smith, Professor of Latin; E. S. Sheldon, Professor of Romance Philo- logy; P. N. Hanns, Professor of His- tory; H. K. Schilling, Professor of German; and R. D. Thaxter, Professor of Cryptogamic Botany. YALE ALUMND. WwW Een Members of the Faculty who re- turned from Sabbatical years abroad to resume their duties are: Prof. Good- win of the Greek Department, Prof. Greenough of the Latin Department, Prof. Munsterberg, who teaches Ex- permental Psychology and Mr. San- tayana, instructor in Philosophy. YALE MEN IN THE LAW. SCHOOL. Reports from the Law School indi- cate smaller numbers than last year in the two upper classes with an increase in the entering class. The total enroll- ment in the entering list thus far is 177 as against 169 at the time of pub- lishing the catalogue last year. Yale men in the Law School will be fewer this year than last in spite of the fact that there is quite a delegation ‘from New Haven entering this year. The decrease is due to the decision of a large number of those who have been studying at the Law School not to re- turn. Of eighteen Yale men, who were enrolled in the second year work, only three have thus far returned to com- plete the course. These are J. B. Hone, ’95; L. W. Smith, ’95S.; and J. R. Swan, ’95. A similar falling off is noted in the middle class. Of eleven men who were enrolled last year, only four have as yet returned for a second year. Those who have thus far re- ported are: Theodore Eaton, ’94; G. B. Hatch, ’06; S. Thorne, Jr.,’96; and W. H. Wadhams, ’96. A delegation of twenty-one men from Yale will begin the study of law in Cambridge. The number includes several prominent athletes among them ti PS Crass, 00; Hi: W. Letton, ‘97 S.; Howland Twombly, ’96; Sumner K. Gerard, ’97; Dean Sage, ’97; and Ly- man M. Bass, ’97. The other Yale men in the entering class are: T. R. Kim- biey, “o7- FB Pitzeeraid, 97: T.-D. Vann o7: DS Fate:“o7: F..S. Smith, 97; Wm. S. Hubbell, ’97; R. A. Baker, 97; Wm. A. Hart, 797; Worrall Wil- SGu, O77 1. (Ee mcneOck O75. Fs B: Bacon, ’96; Arthur J. Draper, ’97; P. H,. Laeven 367: Avtar <P. Morr, ’°96 S.; Henry Ledyard, ’97. J. WESTON ALLEN. ———_$~++¢—___. Saturday’s Football Games, At Cambridge—Harvard, 20; Wil- liams, 0. At Philadelphia—U. of P., 33; Buck- nell, o. At Boston—Newton, 24; Boston Uni- versity, 4. At Hanover, N. H.—Dartmouth, 34; ‘Exeter, 0. At Providence—Brown, 24; Tufts, o. At Princeton—Princeton 43; Lehigh, O. At West Point—West Point, 38; Trinity, 6. | At Andover—Andover, 14; Worces- ter Ae cg. At Southboro—St. Marks, 6; New- ton HES... 6. At Easton, Pa.—Lafayette, 24; State, 0. At Ithaca—Cornell, 16; Syracuse, o. pia ninalian A ip ak Harvard’s Soldiers’ Field. Considerable work has been done this summer on the general plan of development of Soldiers’ Field of Har- vard into a home for all branches of Harvard athletics. The improvements, when completed, will cost in the neigh- borhood of $50,000. 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