Random ideas

[mysmacek <mysmacek@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51661

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...>"
<thomasmwall at y...> wrote:
> mysmacek writes:
> - it seems to me, that during POA, there has to be about 10 first
> years in each house - certainly less than 20. The canon for that is
> that for R&H to miss the sorting ceremony, it would have to be a
> really short one, since their calling off by McGonnagall does not seem
> like a long one - and don't forget that the ceremony did not start
> when they left.
> 
> Me:
> Scholastic's website has several JKR Q&A sessions online.  
> 
> Here's the URL for the following canon:
> http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript2.htm
> 
> Q: How many students attend Hogwarts, and how many 
>    students per year per house? 
> A: There are about a thousand students at Hogwarts.
....
> So, about 35 students per year per house.

I know the above quote. But, IMHO, what's in the book takes precedence
:-) - and I tried to show above that at least in the year I mentioned,
there had to be < 20 first years per house. Do you have better
explanation?
 
Mysmacek