I have the honor of submitting the following report of the work of the Harvard Student Council for the year 1914-1915. Owing to a change in secretaryship in the middle of the year, no report was made at mid-years; this report will therefore include the work of the Council for the entire year.

The Nominating Committee appointed in the spring of 1914 met shortly after the opening of College in the fall, and made nominations for the 24 elected members of the Council. At the first meeting of the entire Council the following officers were elected: president, W. H. Trumbull, Jr.; vice-president R. R. Ayres; secretary-treasurer, W. H. Claflin, Jr.; executive committee, M. J. Logan, H. A. Murray, W. Blanchard, W. J. Bingham. After W. H. Claflin left College at mid-years, H. Francke was appointed secretary-treasurer.

Oral Examination.

Perhaps the most important accomplishment of the Council during the year has been in connection with the oral examination. After the Council had expressed itself opposed to probation as a penalty for failure to pass the examination, certain men were appointed to take the matter up with the University authorities, in co-operation with the Committee on Scholarship. The plans discussed by these men with the authorities were finally adopted by the Faculty. The chief provisions of the new scheme are as follows: Men who have not passed the oral by the middle of their Sophomore year shall be obliged to study either French or German during the remainder of that year under the supervision of a tutor provided by the College. This work shall not count towards the degree. Men who have not passed the oral by the end of their Sophomore year will be given the alternative of taking either an oral or written examination at the beginning of the Junior year, before they are put on probation. Although probation still remains the penalty for failure to pass the examination under this new arrangement, nevertheless students are given a much fairer chance to prepare themselves for it, and consequently failure to pass the examination will be more to their own discredit than it was before. A further recommendation made by the Council to the College is to the effect that men on probation for failure to pass the oral should be given more frequent opportunities to take the examination.

The Council made the following recommendations to the Athletic Committee in regard to the awarding of insignia: That an unrestricted "H" be awarded to the winner of the intercollegiate golf tournament; that a crew "H" be awarded to the members of the crew that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley, England; that the insignia "H W T" be awarded to members of the the wrestling team who compete against Yale or who take part in two meets during the season, if no meet is held with Yale.

In view of the extensive discussion among the undergraduates on the question of serving liquor at class functions, the matter was considered by the Council. Proposals were made to it by undergraduates to the effect that the question be put to a vote according to classes every year; this proposal was to take effect through a constitutional amendment to the class constitutions. After due consideration, it was decided that the class constitutions already provided adequate means for dealing with this question. Special meetings of the class can be called by a petition to the president signed by 25 members of the class to discuss any question.

The University Register, published by the Student Council, is now organized on a firm basis. It is now got out by the Register Board, composed of a president, vice-president, business manager, managing editor, and advertising manager. The president and vice-president are appointed by the Council, while the business manager and the managing editor are chosen by competition.

Miscellaneous Business.

Twenty-one competitions for manager-ships have been carried on according to the rules governing these competitions. A new rule made this year provides that competitions shall last one-half of the regular season of the sport, or at least six weeks. A petition was made to the Council that the president of the Musical Review be made an ex-officio member of the Council. The petition was turned down on the ground that the paper was not of a sufficiently representative nature to warrant its adoption. An attempt was made to have the Christmas vacation lengthened. On consultion with the authorities, however, it was found that the only possible method of doing this was by having no vacation on October 12 and on February 22.

Sub-Committees.

The sub-committees appointed by the executive committee were as follows

Committee on Scholarship.--C. H. Smith, chairman, A. Fisher, D. Kimball, H. L. F. Kreger, and C. Laporte.

Committee on Publications.--F. Graves, chairman, R. Sanger, B. P. Clark, R. D. Skinner, C. H. Smith, E. H. Foreman.

Committee on Probation.--E. D. Brandegee, chairman, J. W. Farley, C. C. Little, and ex-officio undergraduates.

Committee on Reception of Visiting Teams.--H. A. Murray, chairman, K. Apollonio, D. C. Cottrell, C. F. Damon, R. B. Frye, J. S. Fleek, H. Francke, H. R. Hardwick, W. B. Pirnie, W. H. Trumbull, D. C. Watson, K. B. G. Parson, R. Harte, C. A. Coolidge. (Has been enlarged).