Ec A, Gov 1 Top Enrollment; History 1 Takes Fourth Place

With standees lining the walls of lecture hall and conference room alike, undergraduates got their first taste this work of congestion in a college swelled by four classes of returning veterans.

The trend was away from the wartime emphasis on the natural sciences, as all but these showed greatly increased enrollments. Economics A swelled from a prewar 1940 total of 512 to a new high of 1,092 to retain its position as the largest elective course in the college.

Second most popular of the survey courses this year is Government 1a with 874 students as compared with a 1940 enrollment of 450. Next in popularity is Mathematics A, up from 428 to 778.

History 1 Ranks Fourth

Perennially one of the leaders, History 1 now ranks only fourth with its 509 students barely an increase over a prefar 462 and definitely a drop from a 1933 high of 828.

Biology D again heads the sciences with 376 attending the lectures. In sharp contrast with the more popular of the liberal arts courses, the enrollment has shown a rise of less than 70 or approximately 20 percent. Social science leader Economics A, on the other hand, showed a better than 100 percent expansion, and Government 1a, a 93 percent addition.

Runner up in the science department was Chemistry A with 361 followed by Chemistry B, a more rapid introductory course, with 350 enrollees. Physics B stands next with 232 and Physics A 123.

Largest course in the college this year as always is English A, composition course required of virtually all incoming undergraduates. Sections were this year assigned to 1,640 men, with 1,180 in the first half of the course and 460 in the last.

Ballooning from 219 in 1940 to 449 this year, History 5 led the catalog in percentage increase, as enrollment swelled by 125 percent to make it the fifth largest elective.

Behind it, is Government 4c with 386; Philosophy A, 385; Sociology 1, 375; English 1, 304; Economics 41, 271; Music 1, 241; and Economics 81, 169.