706 Become Harvard Men As Vanguard of '46 Arrives

In the most orderly and well-mannered registration in years 706 men signed their names approximately 16 times, and officially became members of Harvard University yesterday in Memorial Hall.

Formally opening the first full scale summer session in the College's three centuries, the new Freshmen, several accompanied by their girls, fathers, or mothers, went through the mill with a minimum of difficulties, and survived the gauntlet of salesmen from the Lampoon to the laundry representatives, and finally emerged laden with free copies and blotters.

Included in the day's activities, which began irregularly with conferences with Freshman advisers (usually after registration) was a physical efficiency test. Consisting of five minutes spent stepping onto a two and one-half foot table and down again, the exam, given for the first time in recent college history, is designed to calculate the strength of the average Freshman.

The main bulk of the registrees appeared about 11 o'clock, and by nightfall, when the doors were closed, only six or seven men were left filling out the many blanks and cards, and they were hustled along by various attendants. Included for the first time was an official application blank for the army ROTC course, accompanied by an explanatory memorandum from their headquarters in Wadsworth House, once General George Washington's base of operations. Also among the assorted pamphlets and information folders was a booklet addressed to "new students" on "Suggestions for Effective Study" produced by the Bureau of Supervisors.

Another feature of the signing-in was Robert S. Kieve '43, who, assisted by a bevy of volunteers, kept up a steady line of chatter and interviews over the Crimson Network, giving blow-by-blow descriptions of the proceedings.