Survey Courses Decline in Popularity; Medicine Leads Poll of '43 Professions

A continued decline over the past few years in the larger undergraduate courses was substantiated by the 1939 figures concerning the enrollment in courses, released by University Hall yesterday.

History I, annually the largest noncompulsory course in the college, again declined in the number of enrolled students with 523 this year as compared with 571 last last year and the peak of 828 in 1933.

Social Sciences Down

Economics A has dropped more than one hundred from last year's enrollment and Government I has declined from 437 to 392. The other large survey courses remain comparatively stable as compared with previous years.

The most significant increase in enrollment is in the Military science and Naval Science courses in which 156 and 113 students have been admitted respectively.

German A and French E still attract about six hundred students who have not passed their language requirement. English A has over one hundred more students this year than last despite the drop in the number of incoming Freshmen.

Fine Arts 1e has jumped more than a hundred over 1937 when the course was last given. Music 1, a comparatively new course, has the large number of 178 students enrolled. These courses have evidently attracted many from the social sciences which have been losing ground in recent years.

Psychology A Crowded

Psychology A is still very popular with 210 students enrolled to get the taste of a new science. The three large Chemistry courses, Chemistry 2, Chemistry A, and Chemistry B have over 550 students between them.

Economics 41 and Economics 61 remain the most popular advanced courses in the field, while Government 18 and Government 7 cater to those interested in political science.

Many Freshmen seem to desire to keep on with Mathematics as 382 are signed up for the elementary course. History 32a remains the largest advanced History course with 107 enrolled this year.

The figures released yesterday by University Hall cannot be taken as final because many students change their courses between now and the first week in October, but they are definite indications of trends.