THE SENTINEL FUNDS
Supplement Dated October 1, 1997
to Prospectus Dated March 31, 1997
Effective October 1, 1997, the Sentinel Tax-Free Income Fund will no
longer offer Class B shares. The Tax-Free Income Fund will continue to offer
Class A shares. For those Class B shareholders of the Tax-Free Income Fund
who reinvest dividends, dividends for the month of October 1997 will be
reinvested in Class B shares on October 23, 1997. All shareholders who own
Class B shares of the Tax-Free Income Fund will have their shares
automatically converted to Class A shares of the Tax-Free Income Fund on
October 31, 1997, on the basis of the relative per share net asset values of
each class of shares as of the close of business on that date. As a result
of this conversion, the owners of Class B shares of the Tax-Free Income Fund
will neither be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") for
this transaction, nor be subject to any Class B shares CDSC in the future.
Also effective October 1, 1997, the schedules of breakpoints for sales
charges on Class A shares set forth on page 31 of the Prospectus have been
changed by $1, such that the sale size groupings are $0 to $99,999, $100,000
to $249,999, $250,000 to $499,999, $500,000 to $999,999, and $1,000,000 or
more. Similarly, the applicable purchase amounts for the schedules of CDSC's
on Class B shares set forth on page 36 of the Prospectus have been changed by
$1 so that the first table applies to purchase amounts up to $249,999, the
second table applies to purchase amounts from $250,000 to $499,999, and the
third table applies to purchase amounts from $500,000 to $999,999. The table
of broker-dealer payments with respect to Class B share sales on page 32 of
the Prospectus is similarly changed by $1 so that the groupings are the same
as those defined in the preceding sentence.
Please note also that the check writing privilege has been extended to
the holders of Class A shares of the Sentinel High Yield Bond Fund (minimum
check amount $500).
The waiver of the CDSC provision applicable to Class B shares relating
to required distributions from retirement accounts (provision 3 on page 37 of
the Prospectus) is restated as follows: "3. Redemptions from qualified
retirement accounts taken in equal or substantially equal periodic payments
not to exceed life, or joint life expectancy and not otherwise subject to the
10% penalty tax for early withdrawal of Code section 72(t)."
During the period from October 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997, as a
special promotion, Class A shares of the World Fund may be purchased at net
asset value by shareholders who notify Sentinel Financial Services Company
that the purchase price is being paid from the proceeds of the redemption of
other mutual fund shares. Such shares will be subject to a CDSC for two
years. The amount of the CDSC will be equal to 2% of the purchase amount in
the event such shares are redeemed within one year after their purchase, and
in an amount equal to 1% of the purchase amount in the event they are
redeemed in the second year after their purchase. The Fund's distributor,
Sentinel Financial Services Company, will pay selling dealers of such shares
reallowances in amounts equal to 2% of purchase amounts. During the period
of this promotion, this offer replaces for the World Fund the provision on
page 33 of the Prospectus under which investors who are investing proceeds of
redemption of other mutual fund shares on which the investor has paid a sales
charge or CDSC may purchase at net asset value.
