December 24, 1909] 



SCIENCE 



903 



The University of Chicago shows a sub- 

 stantial gain in its grand total, the chief 

 increase having taken place in the summer 

 quarter. In the present quarter the largest 

 gains have been made in the courses given 

 for teachers, listed under "other courses," 

 and in the male college department. The 

 graduate school also shows a healthy gain, 

 while divinity, law and medicine experi- 

 enced slight losses, pedagogy having re- 

 mained stationary and the registration 

 under "college of arts, women," having 

 fallen off from 685 to 670. 



Columbia University shows a large in- 

 crease in its grand total and a gain of 110 

 students in its fall enrollment, gains in the 

 number of academic undergraduates, in the 

 graduate schools and at Teachers College 

 more than offsetting slight losses elsewhere. 

 The attendance on the schools of law and 

 medicine has remained stationary. The 

 summer session experienced the encour- 

 aging increase of 436 students. 



Cornell University shows a healthy in- 

 crease both in the fall enrollment and the 

 summer session, the increase in the grand 

 total being one of 328 students. The med- 

 ical school alone shows a loss in attendance, 

 the scientific schools having remained sta- 

 tionary. Of the 1,727 students in the lat- 

 ter department, 1,167 are registered in 

 mechanical and 560 in civil engineering. 

 Of the medical students 160 are in New 

 York and 18 in Ithaca. The students listed 

 under "other courses" are enrolled in the 

 short winter course in agriculture, there 

 being a total gain of 162 students in this 

 and the regular agricultural cour.se. 



Harvard University also experienced an 

 increase in its summer as well as its fall 

 registration, the only losses in attendance 

 occurring in the scientific schools, the grad- 

 uate school and the medical school. Of the 

 96 scientific students, 83 are registered in 

 the graduate school of applied science and 



the remainder in the Lawrence scientific 

 school. The Lowell Institute, in coopera- 

 tion with Harvard University, offers free 

 courses of lectures corresponding closely 

 in subject matter, methods of instruction, 

 examinations and scale of marking, with 

 those given in Harvard College. These 

 courses, when accepted by the appropriate 

 departments of the faculty of arts and 

 sciences, may be counted towards a degree 

 by men who afterwards secure admi.ssion 

 to Harvard College. Nine hundred and 

 twenty persons are now registered in these 

 courses. About five of this number are 

 now registered in Harvard University. 

 The opportunities offered by these courses 

 of lectures now make it unnecessary for 

 the university to maintain the afternoon 

 and Saturday courses for teachers, which 

 it has been accustomed to offer in the last 

 two years. 



The University of Illinois gained 121 

 students this fall, but lost 25 in the sum- 

 mer. The chief increase this fall is to be 

 found in the schools of agriculture and 

 architecture and in the number of under- 

 graduate women. Losses have been ex- 

 perienced in music and pharmacy, the 

 other faculties having remained practically 

 stationary. The marked increase in the 

 number of agricultural students is said to 

 be the natural result of the growing appre- 

 ciation of the value of scientific knowledge 

 on the part of the farmers. It is difficult 

 to predict whether the increase in archi- 

 tecture is sporadic or likely to be perma- 

 nent. The losses in music and in phar- 

 macy are due to increased requirements. 



Indiana University registered an increase 

 of 134 in its summer session and one of 

 50 in the fall enrollment, losses in medical 

 and male college students being more than 

 offset by gains in the other faculties, an 

 increase of 71 students in the graduate 

 school being especially noteworthy. The- 



