The report of Mr. Frederick Nichols, secretary of the class of 1883, which has just appeared, makes a very interesting pamphlet not only for the members of that class but for the general public. Eighty-three was a thoroughly representative class, and one that Harvard may well be proud of, and a record of her past is a satisfactory example of what it is desirable that the record of every class at Harvard should be.

The only change from the conventional style of class reports is in the omission of the measurements of the class. "These tables have been necessarily so imperfect and so nearly worthless as standards of comparison that I have felt justified in discarding them, notwithstanding the violation of precedent."

From the list of names given at the opening of the report, we find that during its college course, the class included among its members some 274 men, of whom 205 received their degrees on last commencement.

The class began its freshman year with 245 members of whom 45 left during the year. At the end of its sophomore, junior and senior years, the class numbered 190, 193 and 201 respectively. Five other candidates for degrees brought the class on commencement day up to 206 members of whom 205 received their degrees.

The table of residences and birth places is as follows:

New England 136 145

Middle States 24 30

Western States 34 26

Southern States 1 1

Outside the United States 10 3

205 205

The birth places of 110, and the residences of 122, of those from New England, are in the State of Massachusetts, (Boston, 37).

The probable occupations of the class compared with those of preceding classes are as follows (we omit the classes of '72, '78 and '79 which are given in the report):

PROBABLE OCCUPATION.Class of Class of Class of Class of