NEW CATALOGUE RECOGNIZES PROGRESS, USES ALPHABET

For the first time since it began in 1819, the University catalogue this year takes official recognition of the alphabet.

For 121 years the catalogue has listed courses, officers, and faculty members according to academic seniority, and the courses have been listed in a manner that has challenged the ingenuity of decades of hapless students.

But it seems that hard work does not always go unrewarded, for after years of valiant effort, David W. Bailey, the University's energetic publications agent, and Harvard's staunchest alphabet supporter, has at last realized his cherished ambition, and has alphabetized the catalogue.

The new issue will follow a strict A, B, C procedure, and less confusion in finding courses and professors is promised. There are some 1120 pages in the new book, which will be sent to 2600 schools and colleges throughout the world.

The impact of the innovation in arrangement is being compared to that which occurred on the fateful day in 1935 when the book came out entited "catalog," with no "gue" ending. The spelling reform, however, didn't work out too well, and the final "no" was back on the cover the following year.

The new reform is expected to be somewhat more successful than its predecessor. At least, it will probably receive the whole-hearted support of students who have spent hours thumbing through the well-worn pages in an effort to locate a missing course or professor.

Over 2060 faculty members are listed in the new catalogue, Mr. Bailey stated. The original issue, 121 years ago, covered 29 instructors, one business officer, and the president.