Fourteen first year men were chosen to form the Freshman Committee of the Phillips Brooks House, at the regular meeting of the cabinet last night.

The members of the committee, selected from a group of 30 Freshmen, recommended by the proctors in the Yard, are: Vinton A. Dearing, Rodman Gilder, Jr., Langdon B. Gilkey, Barton Kelly, Christian M. Lauritzen 2nd, John I. Mahler, Douglas Mercer, James M. E. Mixter, Arthur W. Page, Jr., J. Warren Palm, Peter E. Pratt, Walter T. Ridder, Walter D. Riddle, Jr., and Frank S. Streeter.

The purpose of the committee is to form a nucleus of Freshmen interested in Brooks House activities, and to interest Yardlings in the work carried on there.

Oliver P. Bolton '39, a member of last year's Freshman Committee, will guide the present group during the first semester. After the mid-year examinations, a member of this year's committee will lead its activities.

Distributing 40 baskets of food, provided by Brooks House, to needy families in the community, today and tomorrow, will be the first duty of the new group. The families, ranging in size from five to 14, were recommended by the Family Welfare Society of Cambridge.

In several weeks they will take charge of the semi-annual old clothes drive in the Yard. They will also work in connection with the other committees in Brooks House, such as the Social Service, Speakers, and Foreign Students Committees.

At the first meeting last night, it was suggested that the group investigate the courses open to Freshmen, and ways in which they could be improved.