Statistics of the Freshman Class.

From a list of the freshman class already published the following statistics have been deduced. The list is not entirely correct as it contains only the names of 368 students and therefore the statistics are not perfectly accurate, but such as they are they will present some interesting facts to the reader.

The following list contains the numbers which eighteen of the leading fitting schools sent to the freshman class and also to those that prepared under private tutors. It will be noticed that these schools and tutors prepared just about two-thirds of the class and that those fitted by private tutors is a very small amount.

Boston Latin, 38

Private Tutor, 34

Phillips Exeter, 31

Cambridge Latin, 26

Hopkinson's, 17

Roxbury Latin, 12

Browne and Nichols, 11

St. Paul's. 9

Phillips Andover, 9

Newton High, 7

Dalzell's Worcester, 6

St. Mark's. 6

Somerville High, 6

Adams Academy. 5

Groton, 5

English High, 5

Worcester High, 5

Chauncy Hall, 4

Salem High, 4

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Total, 237

The great sources from which the college has drawn its entering class this year are three schools - Boston Latin, Phillips Exeter, and Cambridge Latin. These schools together have sent one-quarter of the freshman class. Not only these three schools, but every one of the eighteen are from New England; that means that very likely there is no fitting school outside of Massachusetts and New Hampshire which has contributed over four members to the present freshman class at Harvard. Cutters school in New York sent three this year.

Below is given also a list of the homes of the class, showing from what part of the country the class has drawn its support:

Massachusetts, 239

New York, 42

New Hampshire, 9

Illinois, 8

Ohio. 8

California, 5

Wisconsin, 5

Rhode Island, 5

Iowa, 4

Maine, 4

Pennsylvania, 4

District of Columbia, 4

Missouri, 3

Minnesota, 3

Michigan, 3

Kansas, 3

New Jersey, 2

Tennessee 2

Indiana, 2

Nebraska, 2

Colorado, 2

Connecticut, 1

Delaware, 1

Maryland, 1

Virginia, 1

Florida, 1

Louisiana, 1

Kentucky, 1

Hungary, 1

Nova Scotia, 1

Japan, 1

It will be seen by this that an over whelming majority of the men, nearly two-thirds of the whole class, come from Massachusetts. As the above list is somewhat incomplete, it is hardly safe to draw conclusions as to Harvard's home support as compared with last year. Certain it is, however, that very few of the men in the freshman class come from outside New England and New York. Of a total of about 370, but 48 come from west of New York. and only 9 from south of Washington.

An other matter of interest is the numbers and the sort of men who take advantage of the fall examinations. The following list is included in the general list above:

Massachusetts, 42

New York, 16

Ohio, 5

District of Columbia, 3

Nebraska, 2

Iowa, 2

Illinois, 2

New Hampshire, 2

and Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Hungary 1 each.

From this it will be seen that the fall examinations are largely used by men coming from a distance; and that a greater proportion of the men from New England take their examinations in June.