TERM ENROLLMENT SINKS TO YEAR'S LOW OF 741

Once again the civilian enrollment of the College has veered downward, as the figures released last night by Dean Hanford indicated that only 741 civilian undergraduates have registered for the spring term, as against the figure of 863 for last term, and a peacetime average of 3,500.

These figures represent a reversal of the upward trend which first appeared last July, when 753 students, including 414 entering Freshmen, registered for the summer term. The wartime low was reached during the spring term in 1944, when the College enrollment sank to a minimum of approximately 600 civilians.

Sophomore Class Largest

Of the 741 students who registered yesterday, 84 are Seniors, 115 Juniors, 280 Sophomores, and 241 are Freshmen. In addition, there are 21 out-of-course students, and three more in Freshman standing. New Freshmen comprise less than half of the Freshman class; only 94 of them have registered to date. Twenty-nine men have dropped out thus far from the group of 173 who first entered Harvard in November.

These subdivisions by classes are subject to change, since the figures were compiled in some cases before the final grades had been entered in the records. Moreover, a number of students are expected to register late.

The total College enrollment is swelled almost to 1200 by the addition of 458 V-12 and NROTC students. Figures for the service schools, and for the various graduate schools, have not yet been compiled by the University. Included in the figures for the College are 100 discharged war veterans, as against 60 who began the winter term.