PUBLIC SCHOOL'S TRAINING LEADS

Men entering Harvard from public schools have done better work scholastically than those entering from private schools or tutoring schools it is shown by a survey of the records made by the present Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes during their first year. Men entering the College from public schools, though approximately in the same numbers as those entering from private preparatory schools, have been more successful in making the Dean's List, and in presenting fewer unsatisfactory records. The poorest records were made by men entering from tutoring schools.

High Schools Lead

Of the total enrolment of the Class of 1929 during its first year, 880, 436 entered from public schools and 411 from preparatory schools, the remaining 33 being admitted from tutoring schools. Of the 436 entering from high schools, 102 made the Dean's List at the end of their first year and 60 turned in unsatisfactory records. This record is contrasted with that of the 411 preparatory school students, only 53 of whom attained Dean's List standing, and 92 of whom presented unsatisfactory records.

The following Freshman Class, the Class of 1930, contained eight more men from public than from private schools, yet 54 more high school men placed in the first three groups of the rank list, 58 fewer ended their first year with unsatisfactory records, and 19 fewer had their connections severed.

The status of men entering the College from tutoring schools is attested by the record made by such students in last year's Freshman Class. Forty-eight entered from tutoring schools last year, only two made the Dean's List, 20 received unsatisfactory records, and 12 had their connections with the University severed.