Some Opinions on the Three Years Course.

Among the questions in the "Class Life" pamphlet sent to members of '91 was: "Do you favor the 'Three Years Course' proposed by the Faculty?" Many answers have come in to the secretary of the class, and although the returns are still incomplete, they may throw some light on the favor with which the Faculty's plan is regarded by the students. In the following table of statistics, the members of the class have been divided into groups according to their standing as regulars and specials, and their time of entering and leaving the class. The sentiment of the class as a whole appears to be just three to one against the change. Of those who have tried the experiment, eight are opposed,- one very emphatically, three are in favor, and one expresses only qualified approval. Only two in the whole class are strongly in favor of the plan, while twenty-two are strongly opposed. The greatest proportional strength of the supporters of the scheme comes from the temporary and special students, and from the men who entered the senior class from other colleges, the opinions there being ten to fourteen and seven to eleven, respectively.

The answers may be tabulated as follows:

Three year men, 2 1 7 1 2

Entered sophomore, 2 1 1 2

Entered junior, 1 1 4

Entered senior, 6 1 10 1

Temp. and special. 10 2 10 2 1

Regular members, 2 16 10 4 93 18 8

Totals, 2 37 13 8 126 22 11

Infavor, 52

Opposed, 156

Undecided, 11

Total, 219