43 OF 127 MEN REJECTED BY NAVAL SCIENCE DEPT.

Physical defects caused the rejection of 43 Harvard students from a total of 127 who applied this year for enrollment in the Naval Science courses. The physical requirements for admission, are more strict than the standards of the Hygiene Department, but are identical with the examinations which the Government gives to its midshipman.

Among the causes which prompted the rejection of over one third of the applicants were weak lungs, poor eyesight, faulty hearing, bad teeth, and defective hearts.

Those rejected will be permitted to take Naval Science courses for academic credit but will not be enrolled on the United States R. O. T. C.