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ROBERT HEYWOOD FERNALD 



The percentages both in Tables I. and II. show, for the 

 most part, very satisfactory increases. The increase in the 

 number of graduates in mining engineering during the decade 

 is certainly surprising. Although the increase in electrical 

 engineering is very large, the result is not beyond expectations, 

 as electrical engineering was in its infancy in 1890. Especial 

 attention should be directed to the percentages of increase 

 shown in the total attendance and total number of graduates 

 in the engineering branches. Table I. showing the percentage 

 of increase in attendance for the decade to be 93 and Table 

 11. that for the increase in graduates 79, results which com- 

 pare very favorably. 



It is of interest to note the proportion of graduates to 

 undergraduates, both in 1890 and 1900, as shown by Table 

 III. 



Glancing at the columns marked totals, it is seen that 

 the ratio of the total number of graduates to the total number 

 of undergraduates in the courses considered in the eighty 

 institutions for 1890 and 1900 is exactly the same, the num- 

 ber of graduates being 13 per cent of the number of under- 

 graduates. Considering that the figures given for undergrad- 

 uates are in most cases from three classes and the number 

 graduating from one, this would indicate that the per- 



