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235 Harvard Law Review. Published monthly, during the Academic Year, by Harvard Law Students. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. S2.50 PER ANNUM 35 CENTS PER NUMBER. Editorial Board. Robert G. Dodge, Editor-in-Chief, James A. Pirce, Treasurer. Franklin M. Archer, Edward Sandford, Roland Gray, Harry U. Sims, Livingston Ham, Clarence B. Smith, Logan Hay, Lloyd W. Smith, Harold D. Hazeltine, J. Lewis Stackpole, Jr., Robert Homans, Charles S. Thurston, Robert L. Raymond, Jens I. Westengard. The Law School. — The following table shows the registration in the School on November 15th for eight successive years: — 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 Third year 50 44 48 69 66 82 96 93 Second year 59 73 112 119 122 135 138 179 First year 86 loi 142 135 140 172 224 169 Specials 59 61 _6^ _7i _23 _i3 9 _32 Total 254 279 363 394 351 402 467 472 The new requirements for admission are now in force for the first time, with a most gratifying result. Counting specials, 176 of the men who enter this year are eligible for regular standing under the new rules, as against 178 last year. On the other hand, there are but 24 among those entering who are not entided to regular standing, while last year there were 53. The falling off shown in the table is, therefore, pracdcally confined to the class of men against whom the new rules are aimed. The third year class, it will be noticed, is slightly smaller than last year. The actual percentage of second year men not returning is 36, as against 30 last year, 34 and 44 respectively in the two years preceding. The second year class fares better. Only 23 per cent of its members fail to return, as against 28, 24, and 27 respectively in the three years pre- ceding. These figures, which would seem to indicate that a third year of study is even now not regarded with favor, are to be explained by reference to the hard times, for, while not looked upon as absolutely essential, a third year is coming to be more and more regarded as a great advantage. The above percentages are not based on the total regis- tration as shown in the tables, for men admitted to advanced standing are of course included there. The number of these men has steadily decreased until this year there are none.