Basing its conclusion on the study cards recently turned in by 634 members of the Freshman class, the University office has published the numbers specializing in the various fields. English literature leads in popularity as a field for concentration, 175 men having elected to concentrate in it.
Economics comes second, with 119 Freshmen choosing it, History is third with 66, Romance languages fourth with 59, and chemistry fifth with 46.
The other subjects chosen and the number of Freshmen who are to concentrate in each are as follows: mathematics 32, government 26, history and literature 25, biology 24, physics 14, classics 13, fine arts 11, geology 6, psychology 6, philosophy 4, social ethics 4, other subjects 4.
Comparison of these figures with those of last year's Freshman class shows a sharp increase this year in the number specializing in history and in mathematics, history having climbed from fourth place with 41 to third with 66, and mathematics from eighth place with 19 to sixth with 32.
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