ECONOMICS AGAIN LEADS EVERY FIELD OF CONCENTRATION

History, Government, and Economics continue to dominate all other fields after the compiling of the results of Freshman concentration cards.

The division of History, Government, and Economics, under the chairmanship of Harold H. Burbank, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy, shows an increase of 40 over March of last year. Every one of the fields in this grouping records a substantial increase over the figures for the Class of '41. History, with a rise from 82 to 103, shows the largest gain of any field. Government has 12 more concentrators, going from 83 to 95.

Economics Stays in Lead

Economics, the third department in the division, continues as leader of all fields of concentration with 111 as opposed to the 104 who enrolled in it last year. Of the 914 members of the Freshman class who have already turned in cards, 11.8 per cent intend to concentrate in Economics.

The Physical Sciences increased from 272 to 283; the Arts (Architectural Science, Fine Arts, and Music), from 36 to 42. Losses can be seen in the Classics, Modern Languages, and the group of Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology.

Geological Science Doubles

Many individual departments made, gains. Geological Science doubled its concentrators in an increase from 13 to 26. With a slight increase of two men, Romance Languages made the only gain in Modern Languages. Chemistry, Physics, and Music showed substantial increases as well.

A drop of over two per cent is found in the group of Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology, sloping off from $3 to 58. Greatest loser is Sociology, which has exactly half as many concentrators as the 42 last year.

Classics Fall

Several other decreases were noted in the various fields. Losing one-third of its concentrators, in a drop from 15 to 10, Classics continued to fall in Freshman popularity. Fine Arts drops from 27 to 19 although the division of the Arts shows an increase. Math also suffers with a loss of seven of its concentrators.

Because 26 men have yet to turn in their cards and because many changes may take place between now and September. Reginald H. Phelps, assistant dean in charge of records, explained that the figures are by no means final.