20 West 44th St.,

NEW YORK, March 5th, 1892.To the Editors of the Crimson:

GENTLEMEN: - The claim has been frequently made in public and private during the last few years, that the number of students in the college proper of Yale who reside in New York City, is largely in excess of those at Harvard. As this did not tally with my judgment and experience, especially since 1875, I took pains recently to secure from the college authorities an official count (which I append) of the respective numbers of New York City men in the two colleges at the beginning and middle of each decade, from 1860 to 1890, which I think will be a matter of surprise to many.

Year. HARVARD. YALE.

1860 11 27

1865 17 32

1870 31 37

1875 59 53

1880 62 44

1885 89 39

1890 124 77

1892 113 98

It is true that of the older men, the graduates of Yale outnumber those from Harvard here in New York; but very soon after the accession of President Eliot, Harvard ceased to be a "local college," and since 1875 has drawn her students as widely from the different states as any other college, and the new influence has been especially marked in New York.

Very truly yours,

JOHN S. WHITE,Head-MasterBerkeley School.