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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXXVI. No. 918 



TABLE I 



Doctorates Conferred 



TABLE II 



Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences 



Columbia 



Chicago 



Harvard 



Yale 



Johns Hopkins 



Pennsylvania 



Cornell 



Wisconsin 



Clark 



New York 



Michigan 



Boston 



California 



Princeton 



Illinois 



Minnesota 



Bjrrn Mawr 



George Washington 



Virginia 



Brown 



Catholic 



Stanford 



Nebraska 



Iowa 



Massachusetts Inst. 



Cincinnati 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Missouri 



Vanderbilt 



Washington 



Georgetown 



Pittsburgh 



Kansas 



Syracuse 



Colorado 



North Carolina 



Northwestern 



Tufts 



Washington and 



Lee 



Lafayette 



Dartmouth 



Lehigh 



Tulane 



32.2 



35.6 



33.8 



31.8 



30.5 



22.5 



18.1 



8.6 



8.7 



6.7 



6.9 



4.4 



3.3 



2.6 



.5 



2.4 



2.1 



2.8 



2.8 



2.3 



2.0 



1.4 



2.0 



1.1 



.3 



.3 



.4 



.0 



.4 



.6 



.7 



1.0 



.1 



.3 



.2 



.5 



.5 



.4 



.5 



.4 

 .3 



Total 272.4 378 389 358 437 492 4,778 



636 

 602 

 536 

 483 

 443 

 375 

 339 

 179 

 143 

 133 

 110 



increased their numbers and in this order. 

 Wisconsin conferred this year 27 degrees, 

 Illinois 20, California 15, Minnesota 12 and 

 Iowa 7, this being in each case a large 

 advance over the numbers conferred in any- 

 previous year. Princeton with 12 degrees 

 and Bryn Mawr with 9 also demonstrate a 

 decided growth in graduate work. 



Chicago 



Johns Hopkins. . 



Columbia 



Cornell 



Yale 



Harvard 



Pennsylvania. . . 



Clark 



Wisconsin 



California 



Michigan 



Illinois 



Princeton 



George Washing- 

 ton 



Brown 



Stanford 



Bryn Mawr 



Massachusetts 

 Inst 



Nebraska 



Virginia 



Minnesota 



New York 



Iowa 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Washington 



Catholic 



Missouri 



Cincinnati 



Kansas 



Vanderbilt 



Tufts 



North Carolina. 



Northwestern. . . 



Washington and 

 Lee 



Boston 



Pittsburgh 



Syracuse 



Colorado 



Dartmouth 



Lehigh 



Georgetown 



Lafayette 



16.4 

 16.8 

 13.4 

 10.4 

 12.4 

 14.1 

 9.0 

 7.7 

 2.8 

 2.4 

 2.8 

 .3 

 1.1 



1.7 

 1.2 



Total 124.1 184 194 179 239 273 2,310 



317 



262 



254 



225 



215 



213 



152 



132 



78 



53 



46 



35 



31 



30 



24 

 23 

 17 



17 

 17 

 17 

 15 

 15 

 13 

 13 



It is a fact of interest to readers of this 

 journal that the number of degrees con- 

 ferred in the natural and exact sciences in- 

 creases more rapidly than in other subjects. 

 During the ten years from 1898 to 1907 

 there were conferred an average of 124 



