Januabt 1, 1909] 



SCIENCE 



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increased entrance requirements, and has in addi- 

 tion made a substantial increase. The depart- 

 ment of medicine has suffered from the uncer- 

 tainty regarding the future due to plans for re- 

 moving the last two years to St. Louis or Kansas 

 City. The matter is still pending, but will be 

 determined during the present session. While the 

 graduate department shows exactly the same regis- 

 tration as during the preceding session, the num- 

 ber who are candidates for degrees has increased. 



On account of ill health Dr. E.. H. Jesse re- 

 signed as president of the university on July 1, 

 after an administration of seventeen years, and 

 was succeeded by Dr. A. Ross Hill, formerly dean 

 of the college of arts and science of Cornell Uni- 

 versity. Before accepting the latter position Dr. 

 Hill was dean of the teachers college of this 

 university, and he is familiar with the educational 

 problems of this state and section. His formal 

 inauguration as president occurred on December 

 10 and 11, 1908. 



This university conducts extension courses at 

 St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Joplin, Nevada 

 and Sedalia, but as the registration does not begin 

 until after November, it has not been included in 

 the table. The registration in extension courses 

 during the session of 1907-8 was 134. 



The total gain in the fall enrollment is 

 265, and the summer session shows an in- 

 crease of 56 students'. As the first item 

 of double registration (416) is 102 in ex- 

 cess of that of last year, no accurate com- 

 parisons can be made by faculties with 

 1907. 



The JJniversity of Nebraska has made a 

 gain of 342 in the grand total and of 270 

 in the fall total, this year's summer session 

 having attracted 104 students more than 

 that of 1907. Agriculture shows the great- 

 est increase— one of 140 students, and 

 music has gained 50. A teachers college 

 was established this year and has drawn 

 students from the academic department, 

 thus at least partially explaining the falling 

 off of 149 women in the latter department. 

 The registration of men in the college and 

 the law school enrollment have remained 

 stationary, while the scientific school has 

 lost 40, and the medical school 20 students. 



The graduate school and the school of art 

 have also suffered a slight loss. 



The school of commerce has contributed 

 most heavily (200) to the gain in the fall 

 attendance at Neio Yorh University of 224 

 over last year. Owing primarily to in- 

 creased standards for entrance to the pro- 

 fessional schools of law and medicine, the 

 enrollment in these schools has suffered a 

 loss — of 36 in law and of 67 in medicine. 

 The teachers college has gained 49, the engi- 

 neering school 31 students, and the aca- 

 demic department 19 men and 31 women, 

 while the graduate school has remained 

 stationary, and veterinary medicine has 

 lost 11 students. Of the 298 men regis- 

 tered in the college of arts, 143 are at 

 University Heights and 155 at Washingtoni 

 Square, while all of the 167 women in this 

 division are at Washington Square. The 

 summer session was larger by 86 students 

 than that of the preceding year, the grand 

 total increase being one of 303 students. 



Northwestern TJniversity's grand total is 

 about 400 in excess of last year's, repre- 

 senting a gain of 15 per cent. Of the 270 

 students mentioned under other courses, 

 234 are enrolled in the school of oratory 

 and 36 are attending the special pre-med- 

 ical course. Mr. William H. Long, secre- 

 tary to the president, writes as follows : 



Northwestern University shows an increase of 

 almost twenty per cent, in the fall enrollment. 

 The gain is especially noticeable in the college of 

 liberal arts, which enrolls 480 men against 389 

 the year previous. On the other hand, there has 

 been a decrease in both the percentage and the 

 actual number of women. The gain is noteworthy 

 coming in a year in which the tuition fee is raised 

 twenty-five per cent. A part of the increase in 

 the number of men is due to the fact that the 

 first class of engineering students are included in 

 the college of liberal arts. The college of engi- 

 neering will be formally inaugurated in the fall 

 of 1909. Mr. John F. Hayford, of the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey, has been elected 

 director. A course has been outlined that will re- 

 quire five years. At the end of the fourth year 



