1500 TO CROWD REGISTRATION TODAY

Registering in Memorial Hall, an old story to upperclassmen, is expected to be more hectic today than any other time in Harvard history as 1500 returning students sign up for the first wartime summer session.

Although last Saturday and today were set aside for upperclass registration, only 469 undergraduates deigned to report before classes begin, and the toll is expected to be so heavy today that the hours have been extended until eight o'clock.

Stanley K. Leonard, czar of the manila envelopes, said last night that in order to avoid utter confusion, men whose names begin with A to K should register before one o'clock, and those whose names begin with L to Z should enroll between one and five o'clock. The remaining hours until eight will take care of the late-comers.

Further assistance to the staff, which has been doubled because of the unexpected last-minute rush, can be given by members of the Summer School who are not bona fide Harvard men, said Leonard. "If they will only defer their registration until tomorrow it will help us considerably." Apparently a Dean's office ruling, makes it impossible to extend registration of undergraduates to Tuesday.

Unexpected Registrants

Leonard declared that the number of students this summer would probably exceed previous estimates, and he stated that 25 to 50 men who had not even signed summer study cards had shown up on Saturday with the intention of taking courses during the coming session.

To date 1604 undergraduates, graduates, and summer school students have spent half an hour signing their names 16 times in Memorial Hall. New students in Harvard College (Freshmen and transfers) total 715, while 212 outsiders have so far signed up for Summer School. Four hundred and sixty-nine upperclassmen registered on Saturday.

The eight tables which Leonard provided for the staff on Saturday will be inadequate for today's rush, he said, and it has been necessary to increase the number to over 15.