Dean Watson makes sure that talents and interests are spread out among the Houses. If a freshman receive 1,1 or 1,2 ratings from Dean Monro and Dean Watson (see below), Watson circles his name in red. Then he watches closely so that there are not too many circled freshmen assigned to any one House.

In the above chart, only Peter Allen would be circled. The explanation of the abbreviations and ratings used in the chart above are shown below: Monro's Ratings  Athletic Proficiency  Secondary School Types 1--Outstanding  1--Varsity prospect  1--local private school (Milton, Nobles) 2--Very strong  2--JV prospect  2--Andover, Exeter 3--Good House prospect  3--House prospect  3--other private school 4--Innocuous  4--high school-college 5--Possible problem  5--high school Extracurricular at Harvard  Athletics at Harvard  Personal 1--Crimson  1--Football  S--Scholar 2--Advocate  2--Track  A--Athlete 3--Yardling  3--Hockey  M--Music 4--Orchestra or Bach  4--Crew  D--Drama 5--Band  5--Swimming  X--Exotic 6--Frosh Glee Club  6--Squash, Tennis  E--Extracurricular 7--Drama  7--Soccer  W-Writer 8--Freshman Debating  8--Lacrosse  R--Art, Photography 9--WHRB  9--Basketball  G--General excellence in two fields or more 0--Freshman Council  F--Fencing   B--Baseball   W--Wrestling