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last mentioned gain, however, is in all 

 probability due to a change in classification 

 and does not represent an actual growth of 

 that size in graduate students. 



The State University of loiua, which last 

 year exhibited an increase in every depart- 

 ment but dentistry, has lost 98 students this 

 fall, the summer session having remained 

 stationary. The chief losses have been ex- 

 perienced in medicine, music and engineer- 

 ing. The 55 students listed under "other 

 courses" are registered in the nurses' 

 training school. The most noticeable 

 change in enrollment is the loss in numbers 

 in the college of medicine. This is due to 

 an advance in the requirement for admis- 

 sion from the completion of four years of 

 high school work to the completion of one 

 year of college work. In 1910 the require- 

 ment for admission to the college of medi- 

 cine will be two years of college work. The 

 requirement for admission to the college of 

 dentistry was advanced from the comple- 

 tion of three years of high school work to 

 "the completion of four years of high school 

 work. The loss on this account, however, 

 was slight. 



Johns Hopkins TJniversity has gained 12 

 students since last year, an increase of 23 

 students in medicine being diminished by a 

 loss of 8 college and 3 graduate students. 

 Forty-five students are enrolled in the spe- 

 cial courses for physicians and 67 in the 

 college courses for teachers given after- 

 noons and Saturday mornings. 



The TJniversity of Kansas lost a few stu- 

 dents in the summer, but gained 56 this 

 fall, the gain in the grand total being one 

 of 58, there being a decrease in the number 

 of summer session students who returned 

 for work this fall. There is a large gain 

 in the attendance of male academic stu- 

 dents, while the engineering schools have 

 not increased in numbers. The most 

 marked increase in attendance is found in 



the graduate school. In spite of the fact 

 that two years of college are now required 

 for admission to the medical school, the 

 first-year class shows a healthy increase in 

 attendance. 



The gain of 71 students in the grand 

 total attendance of the TJniversity of Mich- 

 igan is to be laid at the door of its summer 

 session, which showed an increase of 139 

 students, as against a loss of 5 in the fall 

 enrollment, gains in male undergraduates, 

 law and dentistry not quite offsetting losses 

 in medicine, engineering, pharmacy and 

 the graduate school. Mr. Arthur G. Hall, 

 registrar, writes as follows: 



Including the graduate students registered in 

 the summer session, but mailing due allowance 

 for duplications, there were altogether 270 grad- 

 uate students registered prior to November 1. 

 The figures given for law are exclusive of 35 stu- 

 dents and those for medicine of 37 students regis- 

 tered in the " combined course." The department 

 of law has a larger number of students than ever 

 before. As was foreseen, the raising of the re- 

 quirements for admission to the department of 

 medicine and surgery to two full years of the 

 arts course, has resulted in a falling off in the 

 size of the entering class. The combined arts- 

 medical and arts-law courses continue to grow in 

 favor, as does the course in forestry. The dental 

 college is fully settled in its new building. In 

 spite of the higher admission requirements which 

 went into effect this year, this college shows a 

 ten per-oent. increase in enrollment. The summer 

 session of 1909 was more largely attended than 

 the session of any previous year, the total regis- 

 tration being 1,225. This was a gain of 148 over 

 the session of 1908, or an increase of fourteen 

 per cent. 



Mr. E. B. Pierce, registrar, has furnished 

 the following report for the TJniversity of 

 Minnesota: 



The only decrease in attendance that is of any 

 importance is in the college of medicine and 

 surgery and in the college of law. The decrease 

 in the college of law is due to the increased en- 

 trance requirement. All students entering that 

 department now are required to complete one full 

 year of work in the college of arts, and in 1911 

 two full vears in the college of arts will be re- 



