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couragement and assistance has been 

 formed, combining the membership of 

 all of the classes in that department. 

 The effect upon scholarship has been 

 conspicuous. Taken as a whole, the final 

 averages have been decidedly higher 

 than for any previous year, and they ex- 

 hibit that superiority over those of the 

 College classes, which should be ex- 

 pected of students so much better pre- 

 pared, but which heretofore has been 

 somewhat deficient. 



With the coming session, a number 

 of students will enter upon the fourth 

 year of study and we shall graduate the 

 first baccalaureates in the history of this 

 school. The Plant Fellowship, provid- 

 ing $750 fo'' ^ year's study abroad, is 

 proving no small incentive to member- 

 ship in this class, as well as to com- 

 petitive effort, while the Seabury 

 Scholarship is proving similarly stimu- 

 lating to the members of the third year 

 class. 



Beginning with the coming session; 

 our College classes are to be known re- 

 spectively as "First" and "Second" 

 year, while those of the University de- 

 partment will bear the usual college 

 designations. 



I have also to report a steady increase 

 in the attendance of women, which has 

 been particularly noticeable during the 

 past year, as has been a general improve- 

 ment in their scholarship.. The real or 

 supposed evils of co-education, of which 

 we have heard so much, are here con- 

 spicuously absent. The general influ- 

 ence of the presence of women in the 

 classes makes for respectful and courte- 

 ous behavior, in spite of occasional ex- 

 ceptions to the rule. 



The gradual increase in requirements 

 for our University students, especially as 

 to admission, that has been in progress 

 for some years, has now culminated in 

 a permanent arrangement. Those seek- 

 ing only the degree of Ph. Ch. and who 

 do not intend to study medicine, are 

 admitted upon 60 counts, which may be 

 secured at any Regents' examination. 

 Those seeking the baccalaureate degree, 

 or who intend to enter our Medical 

 School, must meet the full entrance re- 

 quirements of Columbia College. For 

 the last named purpose they must also 

 secure credit for first and second year 

 College English, as well as for courses 

 A and B in French or German. The 

 pharmaceutical knowledge gained 

 through such a course of study is of 

 peculiar advantage to both the student 

 and the practitioner of medicine. 



The establishment of a course in Ac- 

 counting, consisting of full courses of 

 lectures and practical work, is an im- 

 portant event in our development. Pecu-> 

 liar difficulties were encountered in ac- 

 complishing this result. Owing to a 

 combination of causes and conditions, 

 the proposition met with strong and 

 energetic opposition from the students, 

 and considerable firmness, as well as 

 tact, was required to meet the situation. 

 The result has proved most satisfactory. 

 The students have come to a just ap- 

 praisal of the practical value of this 

 training and it is expected that in the 

 future this course will prove highly 

 attractive. 



Serious doubts have arisen in the 

 minds of members of our faculty as to 

 the propriety and desirability of having 

 officers of instruction actively engaged 

 in the exercises of student fraternities, 



