Adlai E. Stevenson is the choice of the Class of 1963 for President, according to a poll conducted this week by the Harvard Eisenhower Club. Vice President Richard M. Nixon ran a close second.

Out of 308 ballots returned by the College's newest class, Stevenson received 91 first-place votes. 89 ballots named Nixon as first choice.

Trailing at a distance were Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York. Kennedy scored 43 votes and Rockefeller 39.

No other candidate received more than 11 votes.

Stevenson and Nixon also led their rivals in contests for the nominations of their respective parties.

Republicans gave Nixon a 57 to 43 per cent edge over Rockefeller for the Republican nomination, while Democrats gave Stevenson a 60 to 40 per cent advantage over Kennedy for the Democratic nomination.

In hypothetical Presidential races, either Democratic candidate was deemed capable of beating either or both of his Republican counterparts.

However, all other democratic hopefuls named in the poll, including Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, were considered easy prey for either Rockefeller or Nixon.

Nixon's stock seems to have risen over the summer, according to a comparison of this poll with one taken last spring by

Another change over the summer had Kennedy defeating Rockefeller, who had beaten him in the spring.