THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



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Entrance to the Library of Columbia University. 



1902. In the short period that has 

 elapsed the university has accom- 

 plished much, both on the educational 

 and on the material side. In addi- 

 tion to the school of journalism, there 

 have been various other large gifts, 

 including a dormitory costing $300,000. 

 Teachers College is erecting a building 

 for physical education at a cost of 

 over $250,000. Barnard College has 

 been given the three blocks of land 

 shown on the plan south of the college, 

 which cost about $1,000,000; and the 

 trustees of Columbia College have pur- 

 chased, at a cost cf nearly if 2,000,000, 

 the two large blocks south of the pres- 

 ent site. 



THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN. 

 The Massachusetts Bureau of 

 Statistics has published some rather 

 interesting information in regard to 

 the occupations of the sexes in the 

 state. In 1900 there were 1,208,491 per- 

 sons engaged in gainful occupations, 

 72.77 per cent, of whom were men and 

 27.23 per cent, women. Thirty years 

 before the percentages were 77.87 for 

 men and 22.13 for women. In 1870 the 

 number of females employed in gainful 

 occupations formed 17.03 per cent, of 

 the total number of females of all ages, 

 and in 1900 the percentage rose to 

 22.88. About one half of all females 



aie under the age of twenty years, and 

 although many of these are employed, 

 there are many above that age who 

 are invalids or the like. It appears 

 that in a very general way it may be 

 said that one third of all women able 

 I to work were employed in gainful oc- 

 cupations in 1870 and one half in 1900. 

 Should this increase be maintained, all 

 women able to work would be engaged 

 in earning money one hundred and 

 twenty years hence. 



The kind of work is analyzed in the 

 report in great detail, the recapitula- 

 tion being as follows: 



The State. 



Oovernmenl 



Protes-ional 



Domestic service. 

 Personal service. 



Trade 



Transportation ... 



Agriculture 



Tlie Fistieries 



Manufactures 



Mining 



Laborers 



Apprentices 



Children at work 



CO 



o 



pa 



1,079,090 



20,086 



43 768 



94,047 



45,486 



154,017 



70 048 



37,5.56 



8,831 



492,497 



2,367 



98,965 



5 887 



5,535 



It will be noticed that very few 

 women are employed in transportation, 

 agriculture or as laborers. Indeed it 

 seems somewhat remarkable that only 

 275 women should be engaged in 



