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published in Science/ we note that there 

 has been a gain for these universities, 

 taken as a whole, in every division except 

 one, namely, the South Central, which in 

 1908 exhibited an increase of 36 students. 

 The largest increase by far was naturally 

 recorded in the North Atlantic division, 

 which was followed by the South Atlantic 

 with an increase of 67 students, the North 

 Central with a gain of 52, the Western 

 with one of 39, and the insular and non- 

 contiguous territories with one of 21. 

 Foreign countries show an increase of 

 only 11 over last year, while the South 

 Central division has lost 44 students. The 

 total increase in divisions outside of the 

 North Atlantic was only 135 as against 

 381 last year, 189 in 1907 and 91 in 1906. 

 So far as the gain in foreign patronage is 

 concerned, this year's increase of 11 com- 

 pares rather unfavorably with that of 92 

 in 1908, 64 in 1907 and 87 in 1906. Cal- 

 culated on a percentage basis, the total 

 gain of the six universities in the North 

 Atlantic division during the past year 

 amounted to 5.17 per cent., as against a 

 gain of 2.89 per cent, outside of the di- 

 vision mentioned. This is the first time in 

 several years that the percentage of in- 

 crease has been larger in the North At- 

 lantic division than outside of it, the total 

 gain in the North Atlantic division in 

 1908 having been 2.30 per cent., as against 

 an increase of 8.16 per cent, outside of the 

 division mentioned, and in 1907 3.51 per 

 cent, as against 5.73 per cent. In the 

 South Atlantic division all of these insti- 

 tutions with the exception of Harvard 

 show gains; in the insular and non-contig- 

 uous territories all with the exception of 

 Prificeton have experienced an increase ; in 

 the western division aU show a small in- 

 crease; in the North Central division the 



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 pp. 577-585. 



gains of Columbia and Cornell outweigh 

 the losses of the other four, while in for- 

 eign countries the gains of Cornell, Har- 

 vard and Pennsylvania more than compen- 

 sate for the losses of the three remaining 

 institutions; Pnnceton alone shows a gain 

 in the South Central division. 



Comparing these figures with those of 

 1905, we observe that the most substantial 

 gains have been made by Cornell (140), 

 Columbia (136) and Yale (59) in the 

 North Central division; by Cornell (54), 

 Pennsylvania (43), Princeton (38) and 

 Columbia (34) in the South Atlantic di- 

 vision; by Columbia (18) in the South 

 Central division, and by Pennsylvania 

 (99), Cornell (57), Harvard (53) and Co- 

 lumbia (49) in foreign countries. 



Taking the universities in the accom- 

 panying table by divisions, we find that 

 Harvard has been passed in the North At- 

 lantic division by both Columbia and 

 Pennsylvania, Cornell, Yale and Princeton 

 following in the order named. Of the 

 western institutions, Michigan has by far 

 the strongest hold on this division, attract- 

 ing 620 students (as against 394 in 1905) 

 to Ohio's 72, Northwest em's 71, Illinois' s 

 66 and Wisconsin's 58. All of the western 

 institutions included in both this year's 

 and last year's tables show an increase in 

 their clientele from this division with the 

 exception of Ohio and Wisconsin, Virginia 

 also showing a loss. Harvard, as usual, 

 leads in all of the New England states, 

 with the natural exception of Connecticut, 

 where Yale has the largest following. Co- 

 lumbia, of course, has a considerable lead 

 in New York and New Jersey, both Co- 

 lumbia and Pennsylvania drawing more 

 students from that state than Princeton 

 does, although it must be remembered that 

 the professional schools give the two first- 

 mentioned institutions an advantage over 

 Princeton. Columbia is followed in New 



