REPLIES OF FRESHMEN

Replies from 485 members of the class of 1916, to the circular sent out to obtain information for the Freshman Dormitories, were received by Dean Yeomans. The questions were asked to determine the room arrangements most likely to satisfy the first-year men, and the dormitories will be planned as nearly as possible according to the preferences expressed.

Of the total number of men who replied, 92 are living at home. Among these, 23 would prefer to be alone if they were in college dormitories, 52 would have taken room-mates, and 4 others would have roomed with other men upon certain conditions. The remainder of the answers, 393 in number, were from men who are not living at home. The men without room-mates total 156, 119 of them having bed-rooms and studies, and 37, bed-rooms only. There are 178 men living in groups of two, 50 in groups of three, 8 in groups of four, while one Freshman replied that he lived in a group of five. This includes all the 237 men who have roommates.

The preferences indicated by those not living at home, whether they actually have room-mates now, or not, show that 89 would rather live alone, and 289 prefer room-mates; 74 conditionally, and 215 unconditionally. Adding these figures to those from the 92 who are at home, gives 112 preferences for single rooms, and 345 for room-mates from the Freshman class.