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August 30, Friday
Before this date Freshman information blanks should be returned to the Chairman of the Board of Freshman Advisers, University Hall 9.
September 13, Friday
9 a.m.: Rooms in dormitories ready for occupancy.
September 20, Friday
10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Registration in Memorial Hall. Penalties for late registration.
10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Examination for exemption from English A, New Lecture Hall. Any Freshmen who did not take the College Board examination in English given in June, 1940, and those who did take it and received a grade of less than 695 but not less than 560 are eligible to take the examination for exemption from English A.
3 p.m.: Freshman football practice.
6:30 p.m.: Buffet supper at Harvard Union. All Union activities are open equally to those Freshmen living in the dormitories and those living at home.
7:30 p.m.: Reception for all new students, including new transfer students, in the Large Dining Hall of the Harvard Union. President James Bryant Conant will preside. Speakers: The Reverend Willard Learoyd Sperry, Chairman of the Board of Preachers; Dr. Richard M. Gummere, Chairman of the Committee on Admission; and another speaker to be announced.
September 21, Saturday
8:45 a.m.: Fiftten-minute service in the University Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Reverend Willard Learoyd Sperry, Chairman of the Board of Preachers.
9 a.m.1 Meeting of new students, including new transfer students, in New Lecture Hall. Various matters concerning the choice of studies will be discussed. Attendance required. Speakers: Professor G. H. Chase, Acting Dean of Harvard College; Mr. Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, Director of the University Library; and Mr. Delmar Leighton, Dean of Freshmen.
10 a.m.: Appointments for conferences with Faculty Advisers. Each Freshman is expected to report to his Adviser at this hour with the study card which he received in his registration envelope. This card properly filled out and signed by the Adviser should be handed in as soon as ready at University Hall 4. A fine of $5 is charged for study cards of new Freshmen submitted after 5 p.m. on Monday, September 23. New transfer students may file their cards not later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24.
10:16 a.m.: Special meeting for new transfer students only in Harvard 1. Such students should go to their Advisers immediately after this meeting.
12-1:30 p.m.: Registration period for Widener Library tours, Harvard Union. Tours will be conducted on Saturday afternoon, September 21, and on Monday, September 23, and Tuesday, September 24. The purpose of these tours is to introduce the new students to the Harvard Library. The tours will take approximately fifty minutes each.
2-4 p.m.: Examination in Reading French and Reading German, New Lecture Hall.
5:30-7 p.m.: Registration period for Widener Library tours, Harvard Union.
8 p.m.: Meeting of new students in the Large Dining Hall of the Harvard Union. Speakers: Mr. William J. Bingham, Director of Athletics; and others.
September 22, Sunday
11 a.m.: Special service for new students in the University Memorial Chapel.
4 p.m.: Open House for Freshmen, Phillips Brooks, House. Refreshments.
September 23, Monday
8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.: First term bill of $110 payable at Harvard Trust Company, Harvard Square.
8:45 a.m.: Daily service in University Memorial Chapel.
11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 2 p.m.-4 p.m.: Conferences with Faculty Advisers.
11 a.m.: Preliminary meeting of English 1 for new students, Emerson D.
1-4 p.m.: Scholastic Aptitude Test, Emerson D. Required for those new students who have not already taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College Entrance Examination Board.
2-3:15 p.m.: Mathematical Aptitude Test, New Lecture Hall. Students who have not taken the Mathematical Aptitude Test or an equivalent (Mathematics, Beta or Gamma), will receive in their registration envelopes a request that they take this test. Special arrangements will be made for such students who must also take the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
4 p.m.: Preliminary meeting of English A, New Lecture Hall.
4-5 p.m.: Latest hour for new Freshmen to file study cards without $5 fine.
7:30 p.m.: Annual Reception of Phillips Brooks House Association, Phillips Brooks House. Speakers: leaders of various undergraduate extra-curricular activities. Music and refreshments.
September 24, Tuesday
8:45-9 a.m.: Daily chapel.
9-11 a.m.: Reading Tests. Place to be announced later. Attendance required of all new students, including new transfers.
12 m.: Preliminary meeting of German A, New Lecture Hall.
2 p.m.: Physical Training and Department of Hygiene announcements, New Lecture Hall. Attendance of all new Freshmen required.
3 p.m.: Preliminary meeting of German D, Emerson Hall 211.
4 p.m.: Preliminary meeting of French E, New Lecture Hall.
September 25-26,
Wednesday and Thursday
First regular meetings of all courses under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are held on these days at the hours and places indicated in a notice given to students at registration.
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