175 CHAPLAINS TO COME HERE FOR TRAINING

University authorities declared last night that the chaplains announced by Washington to have been transferred here for training, will come, though the contract has not yet been signed.

It appears, the officials, said, that the Army was planning to try out the system of letting the military ministers find themselves places to eat in the Square. However, most of the restaurants are filled about the noon hour with the officers studying at Cruft, and many believe that the Army may be forced to construct a mess hall for the chaplains.

175 Arrive August 10

At the present time 175 are scheduled to arrive on August 10, and the quota of 400 will be filled later. They will live in Conant and Perkins Halls, formerly occupied by graduate students. There will be no housing problem, however, for the graduate school used to have an enrollment of 1200, and only about 200 are expected to be here in the fall.

The Divinity School, the one branch of the University least affected by the war since ministers, or those training for that profession, are exempt from the draft, will continue as usual. The classes for the chaplains will be held in Andover Hall on Francis Avenue, where the Divinity students now meet, but authorities stated that there will be room for both in the building.

Officials from Washington have been in Cambridge this past week to look over the eating facilities, and apparently have decided that there is ample room in the Square for the officers to obtain their meals.