Voluntary withdrawals from the Freshman Class at the end of the Fall Term were the lowest in recent years, information released recently by the Freshman Dean's office indicates. Only 12 members of the Class of '62--one percent of those registered--had resigned by the end of the Fall term.

The number of withdrawals is 'the smallest I remember during my administration" remarked Dean von Stade.

Though unwilling to view the figures as indicating a trend, von Stade termed the present number of drop-outs "fantastically small" compared with most colleges.

Contrasting the consistent decline of Freshman withdrawals in recent years is the marked increase in total resignations from the college. According to former Dean Leighton, the number of drop-outs from all four classes has risen from 2.7 percent to 4.5 percent since 1956.

Later Rutstein lectured the two speakers on the lack of funds for operating a medical building once it had been constructed. "It is important," he added, "that we discuss the technical facts of Federal aid to medicine.