APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO DARTMOUTH

It was necessary on April 30 for President Hopkins to issue a statement announcing that the College was forced to close its lists for admission in the fall of 1920. The number of applications at that time was considerably in excess of the number of dormitory rooms and other accommodations outside the College buildings known to be available. The old basis for admission had always been priority of application and accommodations had been sufficient to admit all applicants in this manner. It was not foreseen that applications for the Class of 1924 would make necessary any form of restriction until too late to put it into force. The plan of operation has been to assign numbers to all applicants up to the date of the closing of the list. These men were then assigned dormitory rooms on the basis of their applications, ber were informed that their chances of admission were slight. Since the lists were formally closed by public announcement applications have continued to come in and the College has been unable to accept several hundred applications which have been received since the first of May. It is altogether likely that some process of selection will be in force for subsequent classes, although what this will be has not yet been announced. It is of interest to note that by the middle of July over 350 applications had already been received for the Class of 1925 and nearly a hundred for the Class of 1926.