Weight of the Rock of Gibralter Sought From University Information Bureau-1000 Invitations a Day Readdressed

"A woman once called up to ask for full details about the rock of Gibraltar-its weight, size, and height; and the most remarkable part of that story was that we were able to give them to her!" Thus answered Karl Dahlquist, for seven years in charge of the general University information bureau, when asked about some of the inner workings of the office.

"People call up asking the oddest questions. Although this bureau is for general University information, we receive innumerable requests for data concerning every type of thing. Directions to do with Harvard are one of our most ordinary troubles.

"During the rush season of the year, which lasts from about a week before the first registration day to a time some days after the publication of the University Directory, two telephone lines are kept busy from the minute we open in the morning until long after five o'clock, the regular closing time.

"The greatest trouble, we run up against in the early part of the year is the readdressing of mail sent just to the University. Why, as many as 1000, 1500, or even 2000 letters come in each day, and usually half of these are invitations to the students! Sometimes a staff of several men has been kept working as late as 10 o'clock in the evening readdressing letters; and so great is the desire of the public for information that whenever there is a light burning in the evening from the window of our office, people rap at it in the vain hope that maybe we swill satisfy their desires.

"One very common request comes from aunts and uncles of boys who they think just may be in Harvard, and if so, where do they live; all this expanded into a story telling much life history!" Just then the telephone rang and Mr. Dahlquist was sent searching through the files for the telephone number of some much sought-for Freshman