Few Freshman Failures

According to an announcement made at the end of the first semester by Dean E. Gordon Bill, only 11 freshmen were separated in February as a result of scholastic failures. Considering the size of the class this constitutes a low record, representing, as it does, only 1.8% of the first-year class.

The percentages of freshmen separated since the selective process was inaugurated with the class of 1926, form an interesting series. Of the class of 1926, 5.3% of its members were separated at the end of the first semester. The figures for succeeding classes are: 1927, 4.5; 1928, 3.7; 1929, 3.8; 1930, 2.5; 1931, 1.9; 1932, 1.9; and 1933, 1.8.

Dean Bill also stated that 76% of the class passed all of their courses. With the exception of the class of 1931, no first-year class has ever secured a higher percentage than this.