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Show ENROLLMENT RECORD BROKEN AT Y. M. C. A. Tho enrollment record was broken at the Y. M. C. A. Institute at the end of the opening night. Two hundred and sixty-three students was the new record set Thursday night. The nearest approach ap-proach to this showing wnB that of lost year, when 1S1 students had enrolled by the opening night. Ninety per cent of the men and boys who have entered the Institute so far aro old students, who havo returned for advanced work, or friends of old students who havo been interested in-terested becauso of the record for efficiency effi-ciency which tho Institution has made. A largo number of entirely new students are expected within tho next ton days, as a number of classes do not begin work for a week. Among the latter aro chemistry, chem-istry, which Is scheduled to open October Octo-ber 9; electricity on October 12, and salesmanship on October 14. After the enrollment was finished the faculty of the Institute held a meeting, at which the detailed policy of the year was gone over. It was decided among I other things to havo several of the stronger classes take charge of a course of practical talks, to be given on Saturday Satur-day nights, in connection with social features fea-tures of tho association. Tho faculty members also decided to hold a monthly dinner for the development of an esprit de corps and good fellowship. Messrs. William Blum, Donald Beauregard and J. Iv. Swlshor constitute tho committee In charge of this latter affair, which Is scheduled for tho first week In each I month, beginning November 5. Four new men had been added to tho faculty, while twenty-one of them havo been connected con-nected with tho Institute beforo. |