Official preliminary registration figures at the University for the new academic year show 6,026 regular students enrolled a decline of 25 per cent in two years because of the war, the University announced today. Official registration last year was 7,159, and two years ago 8,151.

Although regular students are fewer because of the nation's wartime demands, some 3,000 uniformed officers of the Army and Navy in training in special schools at the University, raise the total of young men at Harvard to 9,000.

Inasmuch as the continuous Army and Navy schools restrict their courses to from one to three months, it is estimated that within the coming year as many as 20,000 young men may make use of the University's facilities.

In the College 3,524 students are enrolled, 30 less than last year. Enrollment in the Junior and Senior classes has fallen off, but last week 1,362 Freshmen, the largest Freshman class in the College's history, registered for the new term.