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sylvania has the same number, 139. Of 

 the New England colleges Dartmoiiih has 

 the largest following in the north central 

 division, with WilUams a close second, the 

 latter having twice as many students from 

 this section as Amherst. The representa- 

 tion of Lafayette and Lehigh in this as 

 well as in the western division is insignifi- 

 cant. California has thirty-seven repre- 

 sentatives from this division, which is less 

 than that of any of the other universities 

 or the New England colleges. Leaving the 

 University of Illinois out of consideration, 

 Michigan has the largest following in 

 Illinois, followed by Wisconsin, Yale, Cor- 

 nell and Harvard, each of which has over 

 one hundred students from this state. 

 Michigan also leads in Indiana, followed 

 by Illinois, Columbia, Harvard and Cor- 

 nell. In Iowa the order is Illinois, Mich- 

 igan, Wisconsin, Harvard and Yale; in 

 Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, Yale, Harvard, 

 Cohimhia; in Michigan (leaving the state 

 university out of consideration) Yale, Co- 

 lumbia, Illinois, Harvard, Cornell; in Min- 

 nesota, Yale, Harvard, Wisconsin, Colum^ 

 hia, Michigan; in Missouri, Michigan, Yale, 

 Harvard, Illinois, Columbia; in Nebraska, 

 Illinois and Michigan, Columbia and Har- 

 vard; in North Dakota, Michigan and Wis- 

 consin; in Ohio, Michigan, Harvard, Yale, 

 Cornell, Columbia; in South Dakota, 

 Illinois and Wisconsin, Michigan; in Wis- 

 consin (leaving the state university out of 

 consideration), Illinois, Michigan, Har- 

 vard, Yale, Columbia. The largest num- 

 ber of students attracted to Amherst from 

 this section hail from Missouri, while the 

 main strength of Dartmouth and Williams 

 lies in Illinois. Excluding in each case 

 the respective state university, the state of 

 Illinois is represented by 1,091 students 

 at the institutions mentioned in the list, 

 Wisconsin by 240 and Michigan by 200, 

 i. e., 72 per cent, of the state of Illinois 



representatives at all of the institutions 

 included in the table are enrolled at the 

 state university, while the percentage for 

 Michigan and Wisconsin is 92. 



In the western division (leaving Cali- 

 fornia out of consideration) Michigan 

 leads, as it did last year, with Harvard and 

 Columbia, each of which attracts over one 

 hundred students from this section, fol- 

 lowing; then come Yale, Cornell, Illinois, 

 Pennsylvania, Princeton. Amherst and 

 Williams attract only a few students from 

 this division, Dartm,outh being well repre- 

 sented only in Colorado. Michigan has 

 grown from 134 to 149, its chief gain hav- 

 ing been registered in Colorado; Harvard 

 has dropped from 126 to 124, its main loss 

 being in California; Columbia has grown 

 from 111 to 117, the largest gain being in 

 Utah; and Yale has grown from 78 to 93, 

 the best gain being in Colorado. Columbia 

 leads in Arizona, although the number is 

 so small as to render the comparison of 

 little value; in California Harvard still 

 leads — leaving the state university out of 

 consideration — with Columbia second; in 

 Colorado the order is Michigan, Yale, Har- 

 vard; in Idaho, Illinois and Michigan; in 

 Montana, Michigan, Columbia, Harvard; 

 in Nevada, Calif ornm, Columbia; in New 

 Mexico, California and Michigan, Harvard; 

 in Oregon, California, Yale, Cornell and 

 Harvard; in Utah, Columbia, Michigan; in 

 Washington, California, Michigan, Penn- 

 sylvania; and in Wyoming, Michigan 

 leads. Of the states in the western divi- 

 sion Colorado and California send by far 

 the largest delegations to the eastern insti- 

 tutions in the list. The fact that the 

 California figures are those for 1904r-05 

 somewhat mars the value of the compari- 

 sons in this division, although the figures 

 for the academic year just closed would 

 probably show little change. The attend- 

 ance of students from the state of Cali- 



