According to the figures announced by the Administrative Board Wednesday, a total of 246 members of the present Freshman class are on probation. A stiffening of the requirements to be met during the first year has resulted in 67 men being placed on probation as a result of midyear grades as compared with 39 at the same time last year.

Of the 940 men who entered the Freshman class in September, 50 have been dropped for deficiently in scholarship, or approximately twice as many as were dropped in February, 1923.

Upperclassmen On Probation

In the upper classes, 40 Sophomores, 31 Juniors, and nine Seniors, were placed on probation as the result of failure to obtain satisfactory grades at mid years, these figures being almost the same as last year. Similarly 15 Sophomores, three Juniors and two Seniors were required to leave because of poor grades.

The figures for the "Dean's List" showed that over one-quarter of the Senior class had received this distinction, which comprises men having at least a R average. Only 89 Freshmen or 9 percent of the class were placed, on this list, which contains 101 Sophomores, 134 Juniors, and 139 Seniors.

Crimson Retains Fencing Title

Through the individual brilliancy of R. H. Lane '24, and his brother, E. L. Lane '24, the University team won the Intercollegiate Fencing Championship in New York last Saturday for the second year in succession thus retaining the famous "Iron Man" trophy. In the score for individual honors, E. L. Lane repeated his brother's feel of the previous year by annexing second place honors.

Timely hitting in the pinches, coupled with capable pitching by Phillip Spalding '25 with men on bases, gave Harvard a 10-8 Victory over Boston University in the first baseball game of the season last Saturday. Spalding pitched the entire nine innings. He allowed numerous passes, but would probably have scored a shut-out victory except for a spasm of wild throwing by his team makes in the fifth inning which betted three runs.

P. B. H. Committee Give Reports

Before an audience of ever 150 members of the University who attended the annual dinner and business meeting of the Phillips Brooks Association Monday night, Bishop William Lawrence, the guest of honor, emphasized the fact that a few strong leaders could change the whole spirit of a university in a few years. Reports from the various com mittees were read, President Lowell and Dean Briggs were among those present. W. J. Bingham '10 acted as toastmaster.

At the first meeting of candidates for the University track team, held in the locker building at Soldiers Field, 130 men reported to Coach Farrell, and his assistant, D. F. O'Connell '21.

On Tuesday, Coach Stevens announced the personnel of the two crews who will go to Philadelphia during the spring vacation. These crews will row daily on the Schuylkill.

Fire Damages Oldest College Building

A fire which started from an unknown-source, damaged Massachusetts Hall, the oldest of the buildings in the Yard, Sunday morning to the extent of $5000. The fire was first discovered after it had eaten its way through a portion of the roof on the southern side of the building.

Freshman Debaters Lose and Tie

In the Freshman Triangular Debate this year on the subject, "Resolved that the provisions of the Platt Amendment regarding Cuba should be applied to the Philippine Islands," the team which debated at Princeton on the affirmative side of the question was defeated, while the negative team which met Yale 1927 in Sanders Theatre earned a tie.

Adolph Walter Samborski '25, of Westfield, was elected captain of next year's basketball team by a unanimous vote in the election held Monday afternoon. Samborski was captain of his Freshman team, and has been a letter man during the past two years