Below is given a list of the preparatory schools which contributed the largest number of men to '97 and '96 S. at Yale. It will be seen that Andover leads the list with 45 men. Several men were prepared at two different schools. In this case they are counted for both schools. The most frequent combinations were Lawrenceville and St. Paul, Berkeley and Andover, and Cutler's and Andover. The list is as follows:

Phillips Andover-Acad. 27, sheff. 18; total 45. St. Paul's-Acad. 24, Sheff. 5; total 29. Hillhouse High-Acad. 8, Sheff. 17; total 25. Hopkins Grammar-Acad. 16, Sheff. 10; total 26. Hartford High-Acad. 10, Sheff. 7; total 17. Lawrence-ville-Acad. 14, Sheff. 6; total 20. Cutler's-Acad. 8, Sheff. 5; total 13. Berkeley-Acad. 8, Sheff. 0; total 8. Phillips Exeter-Acad. 2, Sheff. 4; total 6. Siglar's-Acad. 3, Sheff. 1; total 4. Hotch-kiss School at Lakeville-Acad. 12, Sheff. 2; total 14. Brooklyn Latin School-Acad. 5, Sheff. 0; total 5.