ENROLLMENT

Dartmouth last year had the largest enrollment in its history with 2931 undergraduates and a grand total of 3100 full-time students. Although definite figures are non-existent at this writing, an educated guess is that the 1960-61 enrollment will be approximately the same, possibly somewhat higher. This fall's freshman class of about 800 men (see Page 29 for more about them) gives the College two "oversubscribed" entering classes in a row, but the Class of 1960, another "800 class" when it entered, has graduated and the new senior class is considerably smaller than last year's. Among the undergraduates this year will be an unusually large number of men from classes prior to 1961 who are returning to finish their work for the degree.

From Assistant Bursar Leßoy G. Porter '15comes word that the dormitory housing pinch this fall is tighter than usual. Although Middle Massachusetts Hall, closed all last year while it was being completely rebuilt inside, has been returned to use this providing 125 places, there is no' overall gain in dormitory space. To relieve overcrowding, Topliff Hall this fall has forty less places and Hitchcock thirty less. Sanborn Lane House has been taken over by the Admissions Office, and East Hall, an old Clark School building pressed into emergency service while Middle Mass was closed, has been dropped as a Dartmouth residence unit. One year from now the dormitory situation will be quite different. By then the three new residence halls being built on the former Wigwam Circle site, at the west end of Tuck Mall, will be ready with 327 additional places.