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these having gained over three hundred 

 students. Columbia was the only institu- 

 tion to register an increase of over four 

 hundred students this year, whereas there 

 were no less than eight last year. Omitting 

 the summer session, the largest gains have 

 been made by Pennsylvania, Cornell, Wis- 

 consin, California, Ohio and Nebraska, in 

 the order given, the growth in each case 

 being one of two hundred students or more. 

 Comparing this year's grand totals with 

 those of 1902, we find that the largest gains 

 during this period have been made by 

 Pennsylvania, Columbia, Cornell, lUinoi.s, 

 New York University, Michigan, Ohio, 

 Wisconsin, Syracuse, Chicago and Mis- 

 souri, each of the.se universities showing 

 an increase of over one thousand students. 

 It will be obiserved that these institutions 

 are fairly evenly divided between the east 

 and the west, but that the first three are 

 all eastern institutions, although it is ordi- 

 narily supposed that, speaking broadly, the 

 western institutions have been growing 

 much more rapidly than the eastern insti- 

 tutions during the past decade and at the 

 expense of the latter. 



According to the figures for 1908, the 

 twenty-five universities included in the 

 table ranked as follows: Columbia, Har- 

 vard, Michigan, Chicago. Cornell, Minne- 

 .sota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York 

 University. Wisconsin, California, Yale, 

 Syracuse, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio, 

 ^lissouri, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Stanford, 

 Princeton, Western Resers'e. Virginia, 

 Johns Hopkins. Comparing this with the 

 order for 1909, we obser%'e that Chicago 

 and iSIiehigan have changed places, that 

 Pennsylvania and Illinois have passed 

 Minnesota, that Wisconsin and California 

 have passed New York University and that 

 Yale and Syracuse have been passed by 

 Nebraska. For the second time in the 

 history of American higher institutions of 



learning the six thousand mark has been 

 exceeded, Columbia having a total enroll- 

 ment this year of 6,132, Harvard having 

 registered 6,013 students in 1903. Cornell 

 is the fifth institution to pass the five 

 thousand mark, its total registration this 

 year being 5,028; Harvard passed it a 

 number of years ago, Columbia in 1907 

 and Chicago and Michigan last year. 

 Omitting the summer session enrollment, 

 the order is naturally somewhat different, 

 namely, Columbia, Michigan, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Harvard, Cornell, Illinois, Minne- 

 sota, Wisconsin, California, New York 

 University, Yale, Syracuse, Northwestern, 

 Nebraska, Chicago, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, 

 Kansas, Texas, Stanford, Indiana, Prince- 

 ton, Tulane, Western Reserve, Washington, 

 Virginia, Johns Hopkins— the order being 

 quite different from that of last year, 

 mo.st notable being the change of po.sition 

 between Columbia and Michigan and the 

 passing by Pennsylvania of Minnesota, 

 Harvard and Cornell; Illinois has also 

 pa.ssed Minnesota, while Wisconsin and 

 California have passed New York Uni- 

 versity. 



Considering the various faculties in 

 order, we find that, with a few exceptions, 

 notably Northwestern and Wisconsin, there 

 have been gaias all along the line in the 

 attendance on the male undergraduate 

 academic departments, the most important 

 increases being shown by Princeton, Ne- 

 braska, Stanford and Kan.sas. The gain 

 in the case of Princeton, however, is evi- 

 dently due in great measure to a readjust- 

 ment of terminology. The enrollment of 

 undergraduate women also shows a satis- 

 factory general increase, the gain being 

 most marked in the case of California, 

 Wisconsin, Radcliffe and Northwestern. 

 At California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Min- 

 nesota, Northwestern, Tulane, Washington 

 and Wisconsin, and probably at Cornell 



