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270 Harvard Law Review. Published monthly, during the Academic Year, by Harvard Law Students. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2,50 PER ANNUM 35 CENTS PER NUMBER. Editorial Board. John G. Palfrey, Editor-in-Chief. Wirt Howe, Treasurer. Eugene H. Angert, William W. Moss, Joseph P. Cotton, Jr., Charles O. Parish, Edward W. Fox, Sanford Robinson, Roy C. Gasser, Dean Sage, Jr., George B. Hatch, Graham Sumner, Augustine L. Humes, Beekman Winthrop, Arthur W. Machen, Jr., Bruce Wyman. The Law School. — The following table shows the registration in the School on November fifteenth for ten successive years : — 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 Res. Grad. — — — — — — — — I I Third year 50 44 48 69 66 82 96 93 130 102 Second year 59 73 1X2 119 122 13s i.3« 179 157 169 First year 86 lOI 142 13s 140 172 224 169 216 218 Specials 59 61 61 71 23 13 9 31 41 5« Total 254 279 363 394 351 402 467 472 545 548 The first year class is larger than that of last year, though not quite equal to the last class entering under the old rules, the class of three years ago. There is a considerable falling off in the numbers of the pres- ent third year class, largely to be explained by the fact it is the last class whose members can remain away from the school a year and still take their degree. The men of this class who have not returned make 32 per cent of the whole class this year, as against 28, 36, 30, 34, and 44, respec- tively, in the five preceding years. The percentage of men failing to re- turn for their second year is also increased, being 25 per cent, as against 7, 23, 28, 24, and 27 in previous years. It is noteworthy, however, that in this class only 6 per cent of those who passed their examinations have failed to return. The number of men who withdrew or did not take their examinations last year was 16 per cent in the first year class and 6 per cent in the second year class, as compared with 9 per cent and 3 per cent, respec- tively, in the preceding year. The addition of 5 per cent to the required passing-mark has appar- ently had some effect ; but nevertheless the number of men in the school is larger than ever before.