ROOMS FOR CLASSES ARE TOO LIMITED

That class room facilities at Harvard are far from adequate for accommodating the number of students now enrolled in the College, is revealed in a statistical survey made public yesterday by Dean G. G. Benedict '23.

Dean Benedict's report shows that, between the hours of 9 and 12 o'clock on week-day mornings, nearly every available class room is in continuous use. Practically the only one which is not taxed to the limit at these hours of the morning is the New Lecture Hall, and that is used two-thirds of the time.

The four lecture rooms holding from 200 to 400 students are occupied by classes the entire morning, from 9 until 12 o'clock, every day of the week. It would be possible to accommodate only three more courses a week in the 12 class rooms of a seating capacity of from 76 to 200, which are in use 95, percent of the time. The situation in the 29 recitation rooms seating between 50 and 100 is perhaps the most striking of all. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings every one of these rooms is filled for the entire time, while on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays but three of the 29 are relieved from the routine of classes, for an hour.

Exclusive of Emerson E. 23, and 27, which are used for conferences and not for regular classes, there are available for College use 48 class rooms in all, including those in Emerson, Sever, Harvard, New Lecture Hall, and the Semitic Museum. According to Dean Benedict's report, these rooms are in use on the average, about 88 percent of the time, during the busy morning hours. Before 9 and after 12 o'clock, the situation is not nearly so congested.