Hogwarts population

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 9600


> 
> Disclaimer: the following individual is new to the group and new to 
> the HP obsession, so please forgive her naivete....
> 
> It seems to me that there is come conflict in the way the JKR refers 
> to the number of students. At times, she makes it seem as though 
> there are dozens of Gryffindors (I cannot think of exact example, 
and 
> I'm not obsessed to the point of bringing my books to work with 
> me:)), other times (such as when referring to the dormitories), it 
is 
> a small number.  I am reminded of when Harry gets back to school at 
> the beginning of CoS and he goes up to his dormitory, which houses 
> the 2nd year boys (he notices that the sign has been changed to 
> read "2nd years"). There are only the 5 four-posters in the room. Is 
> there ever any other mention of a boy in Harry's class other than 
> these 5?
> 
> Becky

I don't think there is ever any mention of other Gryffindor boys, 
other than the ones that share Harry's dormitory. 

On the other hand, we could get really nit-picky about the definition 
of a "dormitory". A dormitory is defined alternately as 1. a room for 
sleeping or 2. a residence hall providing sleeping rooms. So, perhaps 
Harry's dormitory (definition #1) is located in a dormitory 
(definition #2) <wink>. Maybe the dormitory (definition #2) of Harry's 
dormitory (definition #1) had the sign "2nd Years", but Harry shares 
his dormitory (dormitory #1) with Ron, Dean, Neville, and Ron and 
that didn't have a sign on it. <evil grin>

Welcome to the group!
:-)Milz