War Courses Lead
A MAJOR RESULT of the establishment of the V ia Unit at Dartmouth has been the marked swing to the so-called "war courses" and the enrollment of more than a thousand men each in Naval Organization and Graphics I—the largest single course enrollment in the history of the College. Leading the list with 1060 and 1006, respectively, these two courses are followed by Physics 1, with 891 men enrolled; History 1, with 782; English E 1 (Naval English), 700; Math l, 574; and Naval History, 511.
In accordance with the trend toward a more military program is the corresponding drop in enrollment in the strictly liberal arts courses. This was to be expected since the men in the V-12 Unit, comprising over four-fifths of the total enrollment of the College, have been assigned certain prescribed courses by either the Navy or Marines.
Total departmental enrollments follow the same pattern, six subjects claiming more than a thousand men each. All mathematics courses have a total enrollment of 1398; History, 1348; English, 1271; Physics, 1151; Naval Organization, 1119; and Graphics, 1041.
Many courses normally offered were omitted this year, because only a few students selected them and because many of the instructors have been converted to other courses or are handling unusually large classes in their own subjects. On the other hand, it has been necessary to create many new sections to take care of the unprecedented numbers enrolled in some courses.
