Word: freshman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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History, Government, and Economics continue to dominate all other fields after the compiling of the results of Freshman concentration cards...
Economics, the third department in the division, continues as leader of all fields of concentration with 111 as opposed to the 104 who enrolled in it last year. Of the 914 members of the Freshman class who have already turned in cards, 11.8 per cent intend to concentrate in Economics...
Several other decreases were noted in the various fields. Losing one-third of its concentrators, in a drop from 15 to 10, Classics continued to fall in Freshman popularity. Fine Arts drops from 27 to 19 although the division of the Arts shows an increase. Math also suffers with a loss of seven of its concentrators...
...addition to these factors, each House judges its applicants on their extra-curricular activities, including athletics; their personality; reports from Freshman advisers, where available; and the number of acquaintances in the House applied for. The last is exceedingly important, and a large number of letters of recommendation from men already in the House pays off when admission lists are made...
...Another Freshman, when stopped in the Yard for comment, field out into the Square, shouting, 'Gangway, Stillman, here I come...