MORE MEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



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the elective system is more freely allowed the choice of culture courses 

 by women and of utility courses by men is still more marked. At the 

 Leland Stanford Junior University in 1901-02, the number of students 

 registered was 1,295, of whom 737 were men and 458 were women, the 

 latter numbering only about three fifths as many as the men. Of the 

 students electing English as a major subject, 156 were women and 58 

 were men; in Latin, 44 majors were women and 26 were men. On the 

 other hand, in chemistry and economics the women made but a small 

 showing; in the former there were 56 men to 13 women, and in the 

 latter 62 men to 7 women. These figures will be more apparent in 



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Class Enrollment by Major Subjects, 

 Leland Stanford Junior University. 



Class Enrollment by Subjects, the 

 University of Chicago. 



the case of both universities cited, by reference to the graphs below. 

 A large number of college women prepare themselves for teaching; it 

 is probable that still fewer would be found in science courses if these 

 were not demanded in the teaching profession. 



The great preponderance of girl students in our high schools 

 coupled with the fact that more than half the teachers are women may 

 account for the loss of ground which the sciences have recently met 

 with in secondary schools. The period from 1890 to 1900 was one of 

 rapid expansion in high school work; the requirements for graduation 

 were greatly strengthened, in some cases the amount of required work 

 being almost doubled. During this decade the number of students 

 pursuing courses in history, algebra, English and the languages (Greek 

 excepted) was greatly augmented; from 5 to 50 per cent, more of high 



Year. '89-'90. 



Latin 34.69 



Greek 3.05 



French 5.84 



German 10.51 



Algebra 45.40 



Physics 22.21 



Chemistry 10.10 



Geology 



Physiology 



