When Samuel Eliot Morison '08, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, retires this June, an unusual and generally unrecognized competition will move into a new phase. Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government, will move to the head of the faculty competition for titles in Widener. An unofficial survey of Widener's card catalog disclosed yesterday that Morison has a commanding lead. His 70 different books and pamphlets, of which there are 155 separate copies in Widener, far outstrip all competitors. Friedrich has 41 titles, while third place goes to Symeur E. Harris '20, professor of Government, about ten behind Friedrich.

Keyes D. Meteak University Librarian, commented on the survey last night and said it was "substantially accurate" and an "interesting study." But he warned followers of the race not to discount Howard Mumford Jones, professor of English; Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory; and Summer H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor.

Morison's vast writings fall mainly into four categories. As Harvard Hestorian, a post in which he will continue after he retires from teaching, he wrote extensively on Harvard and its history for the Tercentennial celebration. Two of his other largest fields have been the history of Massachusetts and studies of Columbia and his voyages.

Morison is now working on his voluminous "History of U.S.Naval Operations in World War H." As an active naval officer, who race to Bear Admiral, Morison gained first hand experience from this work, of which nine volumes have been published.

Friedrich's works have been concerned with the problems of Government and many of his books deal with Germany. Another segment of his writtings taked up government control of commercial radio. Harris' writtings deal with many aspects of his field, Economics.

Metcalf said last night that these comparisons were interesting, but that numbers of books published or kept Widener, provide no certain clue to a man's standing in the academic world. "One must be careful not to company appeals with pears he said, pointing not that some authors work for decides on a since book whereas other fields are suitable for more frequent publications.