OOP: Prefects and their number

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No: HPFGUIDX 65237

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alon van Dam" 
<alanphoenix1 at h...> wrote:
>It has also been implied that 
> she's in Percy's year, which would mean that there are 6 Prefects 
per 
> house, one of 5th, 6th, and 7th... It is possible that this isn't 
the 
> case, and that there's only one Head Boy and one Head Girl of the 
7th 
> year and that the Prefects resign to be able to concentrate fully 
on 
> their NEWTs.
> 
> Still: Where are the other 2 Gryffindor Prefects? Who are they? 
Don't 
> Hermione and Ron need to have 'meetings' with them sometimes? Why 
> haven't we heard of them at all?
> 
> On a side note: I was /so/ hoping for Ron to enter the Prefect's 
> Bathroom and be completely speechless by the splendor thereof. But 
I 
> think I'm alone in this ;)
> 
> Alon - Too Much Time On Hands

I didn't see anyone answer this.  If someone has, then I apologize.

I was under the impression that two fifth year were selected from 
every house every year and that the remained prefects for the rest 
of their time at Hogwarts (assuming they didn't do something to get 
lose the position).  That would mean 24 prefect overall (counting 
Head Boy and Head Girl).  I aslo assume 1 Head Boy and 1 Head Girl 
were chosen from among the 7th year prefects.

The problem with that theory (if James and Remus were in the same 
house) is that Remus was a prefect and James was Head Boy.  However, 
we have no proof they're in the same house (though I always thought 
so) or maybe Remus lost the position for some reason.  Or maybe I'm 
just wrong.

You also got a fact wrong.  Penelope is not in Percy's year.  She's 
a year younger.  In COS he a sixth yoear ans she's described as a 
fifth year.

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