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Freshmen Shun Girlie Mags, News-Stand Figures Reveal

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"Silk Stocking Parade" and "Film Fun" are the slowest sellers at the Freshman Union news-stand, according to Vincent J. Monti 1G, who runs the stand with Victor E. Gatto '39.

"Life" leads the list of magazines sold for the second straight year, while next come "Look", "Colliers", "The Saturday Evening Post", and "Cosmopolitan".

"We sell about 250 newspapers a day," Monti said, "that is, about one paper to every four Freshmen." In the news magazine field, "Time" and "Newsweek" divide the honors.

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