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.
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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. They include a
new boathouse and new athletic build-
ings of various kinds, besides a foot-
ball field and diamond for the Univer-
sity games and several practice fields.
The new foot ball field here has been
prepared with the utmost care, and will
undoubtedly be in perfect condition at
the time of the game with Yale,
November 13th.
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Burke a Harvard Freshman.
Thomas E. Burke, the world’s cham-
pion quarter-mile runner, who gradu-
ated from the Boston University Law
School last June, has entered Harvard
in the Freshman class. This will give
Harvard almost a_certainty for the
quarter in 1899. The clause in the
intercollegiate agreement which per-.
mits no man who has competed in any
University event for one college to
participate in any like event in another
college until he shall have been a mem-
ber of the latter institution for at least
one year, will keep Burke from’ repre-
senting Harvard this year. |
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