Elight to ten times as many College students attended all or a part of the 1942 summer session as have ever done so in the past, according to a preliminary report recently made to President Conant and released yesterday by Kirtley F. Mather, director of the Summer School and professor of Geology.

Total enrollment for the summer term was 4411, more than double the number in any equivalent period over the last 15 years.

To meet increased demands for instructors, as many as 333 persons were included in the summer Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Of these just under 200 were of the rank of Faculty Instructor or higher, and as a consequence received no salaries for their work in accordance with last spring's Faculty vote, at which it was decided to restrict the payment of compensation to younger teachers less advanced in status.

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The course attracting the largest number of students during the first session was Mathematics SAa, with a roster of 440. English SAa and Economics SAa were next in order with enrollments of 346 and 222. During the second session Math ranked below English in total numbers, with Ec in third place as before.

Of the 2533 College men included in the total summer enrollment figure, 693 were newly admitted members of the Freshman Class. Less than 300 student from the Harvard undergraduate group failed to attend both summer sessions, although the total roster was diminsihed by well over a thousand men at the beginning of the second term.

To augment the over-worked Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 22 visiting professors and instructors were on hand during the summer session. Among students enrolled there were 1060 women, although the female population this summer dropped a third between the first and second terms.