SELECTION OF THE CLASS OF 1926
Selection of the class of 1926 was completed during the first two weeks of April, the list of applications for admission in 1922 having been closed on April 1. Dormitory rooms to accommodate 435 men were made available for the entering class, and these rooms were reserved for the very choicest prospects from the total list of applicants, having regard to scholarship, character, or promise, irrespective of the date of application, or of whether or not they came within any of the favored groups of the selective pro.cess. The choice of dormitory rooms offered to these 435 best applicants was in the order of the dates of their filing applications for admission. Thus, dormitory rooms were made available only for the very best applicants for admission, but their rooms were then assigned according to priority of application.
In addition to the 435 men chosen for dormitory rooms, 215 of the next best applicants were selected for admission, provided they could obtain rooming accommodations in town. It is expected that about 115 of these will secure such accommodations, thus leaving approximately 550 men to constitute the class of 1926 by virtue not only of their having been selected for admission and having secured rooming accommodations, but also because by September, 1922, they will have presented a sufficient number of entrance units. Of course, the great majority of applicants for admission had to be refused, as no accommodations were available for them, and among those refused was a goodly number from the groups favored geographically by the selective process who, upon presentation of their credentials, did not appear to be properly qualified.
Roughly, the geographic distribution of the 650 men selected for admission, about 100 of whom will be unable to secure rooms or will be unable to come for other reasons is: New Hampshire—s3 ; south of the Potomac—16; west of the Mississippi—58 ; miscellaneous-523. The sons of alumni who expect to enter in the class of 1926 number 39 in comparison with 34 in the class of 1925.
llIn addition to the class of 1926, 30 men have been selected for transfer to Dartmouth from other colleges, provided upon completion of this year's work, each stands in the highest third of his class in the institution from which he seeks transfer. Fifteen of these 30 who seem to possess the best qualifications, have been given a choice of dormitory rooms, the other 15 having to secure rooms in town if they are to enter. These 30 men come from 26 colleges and universities.
It might be added that those who have studied the apparent qualifications of the men selected for admission to the class of 1926 are enthusiastic about the prospect, and expect the strongest class Dartmouth has ever admitted.
