There are only four shopping days left before study cards come due. By now the average browser has collected six to ten different reading lists and notes to first lectures and his head is buzzing with requirements and conflicts of requirements. Perhaps one of the following courses meeting this morning will be the saving ray of light in the gloom.

Nine o'clock: There is only one offering for the early ones today. Mather lectures in Soc. Sci. 113 in his old haunt, the Geological Lecture Room. The subject is "The Impact of Science on Modern Life." Mather speaks well, and his interests have always extended far beyond rocks, but his lectures tend to be somewhat shallow.

Ten o'clock: Hooton is renowned for his Anthropology 10, which follows Mankind up from the Ape. The course is not easy--there is an inordinate emphasis on fact. The lectures, however, are witty and spicy. This is a fine course to audit. (Geographical Institute 18).

Eleven o'clock: The mid-morning is crowded today. Owen's History 142b, (England from about 1800 to the present), is a very interesting course and not too difficult. As a lecturer, Owen, though somewhat superficial, is generally excellent. (Harvard 5.). Albion's "Occanic History and Affairs," History 168b, (alias "Boats"), continues pleasant and painless this term. (Harvard 1). Opinion and Communication, (Social Relations 152), meets in Sever 11. The course material ranges from propaganda techniques to analysis of why the election pollsters failed. Bruner is well organized and clear.

Social Sciences 111, History of the Far Eastern Civilization, combines the talents of two of the University's top experts on the Far East. Reischaner lectures for the first six weeks of the spring term on Japan; Fairbank finishes out the year with the recent history of the Far East. A full course, Soc. Sci.111 cannot be entered now, but it makes an ideal audit (Hunt A).

Two o'clock: For very late sleepers, there is Maass' course in Conservation and Public Power, (Gov. 157). Maass is a bright young man in the Department, and the course should be good (Harvard 1).

Another bright young man in the Gov. department is Bundy, who has taken Wild's place in Gov. 185 "The United States in World Politics." The course, which meets at 11 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday in Harvard 5, was omitted from yesterday's article.