TWO-FIFTHS OF 1929 ARE CLUB MEMBERS

Figures compiled from the 1929 Class Album, which made its appearance last week, show that 347 out of 909 men in the present Senior Class are members of social clubs of one sort or another. The remaining 563 members of the class are not listed as belonging to any organization of the purely social variety. While a few men may have forgotten to include their clubs in the Album life blanks the number is not large. It is certain, at least, that the club membership of the graduating class is not less than the figure given above.

Under the designation social club are included waiting clubs, final clubs, semifinal clubs, fraternities, and all other organizations whose aim is primarily social. Such activities clubs as the Dramatic Club, Glee Club, Instrumental Clubs, and Harvard Band Club are not considered in this category. Publications like the Lampoon and Advocate and honorary societies like Phi Beta Kappa are also excluded.

Consonant With 1927 Report

The fact that 38.3 per cent or nearly two-fifths of the Senior Class are in social clubs, as shown by the Album life-blanks, indicates that the proportion of club members at Harvard has varied little in the last few years. A Student Council committee on clubs estimated in May, 1927, that somewhat more than one third of the upperclassmen were in clubs. The fact that more Seniors than Juniors or Sophomores are included in clubs points to an essential agreement between the two calculations.