NEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE FORMED FOR NEXT YEAR

The appointment of the members of the Student Advisory Committee for next year was announced last night. The following men were appointed: James Addison Halsted '26, of Syracuse, N. Y., Chairman; George Douglass Debevoise '26, of New York City; Laurence Orlen Pratt '26, of West Newton; William Enos Soule '27, of Newton; Lee Yates Ward '27, of Rochester, N. Y.; David Worcester '28, of Boston.

The Student Advisory Committee is the organization which has charge of the system of undergraduate advisers for Freshmen. It is a branch of the Student Council and works in conjunction with a committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The duties of the Committee consist chiefly in selecting the student advisers, sending out letters to members of the incoming Freshman Class, and assigning each Freshman to an undergraduate adviser. The reason for this system is to give to Freshmen closer understanding of the college activities and life than can be given by faculty advisers.

Several additions to the system of undergraduate advisers are planned for next year. The project is still in an experimental stage, having been first put into effect a very few years ago. Its success has been so evident to members of the Faculty and to undergraduates that the new Committee will make efforts to bring the adviser into closer relationship with his advisees. Among the projected changes is a system of regular hours to be kept by the adviser in which to meet his wards, as well as an attempt to make such meetings more frequent and more informal.