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ited to 500, and that in future the number 

 of men also will be strictly limited, prob- 

 ably on the following basis; about 500 in 

 the general courses, 500 in the engineering 

 and law courses and an unlimited number 

 of graduate students. 



The University of Michigan shows no 

 such remarkable gains in attendance as was 

 perceived last year at the same date ; never- 

 theless, there has been a considerable in- 

 crease everywhere except in the depart- 

 ments of law and homeopathic medicine, 

 and in the graduate schools. The decrease 

 in the professional schools mentioned may 

 be due partly to the increased requirements 

 for admission. While the number of 

 women remains approximately the same, 

 the number enrolled as first-year students 

 is smaller and those coming with advanced 

 credits from other colleges correspondingly 

 larger. The attendance of women by de- 

 partments is as follows: academic 655, 

 medicine 22, homeopathic medicine 10, 

 dentistry 5, pharmacy 2, engineering 1, 

 graduate schools 25. The inability to se- 

 cure absolutely accurate returns from the 

 University of Michigan has somewhat 

 marred the value of the figures from this 

 institution. 



The University of Minnesota shows a 

 slight loss over last year in the fall regis- 

 tration, although an increase in the enroll- 

 ment of the summer school brings the grand 

 total four in advance of last year's figures. 



Tlie total of 3,944 does not show the complete 

 registration for the year, as the law school is 

 conducted on a term system, and students will 

 enter late for work of the different terms. Also 

 at the beginning of the second semester we shall 

 have from fifty to one hundred students entering 

 the various departments. The graduate registra- 

 tion will also be increased somewhat before the 

 year is over. The other departments will remain 

 almost exactly as stated. A conservative esti- 

 mate therefore of the total enrollment for the 

 current year will be something over 4,000, be- 



tween 4,000 and 4,100. A comparison of the 

 statistics of this year with those of last shows a 

 slight increase in nearly all departments except 

 the graduate school. The decrease there is due 

 undoubtedly to the establishment of a graduate 

 school with a dean at its head and a regular 

 system of fees, and more rigid requirements 

 regarding the registration of graduate students. 

 The matter of conducting graduate work has been 

 definitely systematized and the fees increased 

 from $10 a year to $10 a semester. This will 

 explain in part the difference in the two registra- 

 tions. A falling off in the scientific schools, due 

 to the increased standard for admission to the 

 engineering college, was expected, but did not 

 take place. On the contrary, there was an in- 

 crease from 576 to 615. Entrance examinations 

 are required for one year of elementary algebra, 

 one half-year of higher algebra, one year of plain 

 geometry and one half-year of solid geometry of 

 all students entering this college, regardless of 

 the standard of the schools from which they 

 come. The college of medicine and surgery has 

 increased its entrance requirements from one year 

 to two years. This new requirement is to go 

 into effect in 1907-8. A college of education has 

 just been established with a dean at its head, but 

 because of the newness of the organization, stu- 

 dents are classed this year Avith the college of 

 science, literature and the arts. A slight decrease 

 is expected in the college of dentistry due to the 

 increase in annual fees from $100 to $150. The 

 college has all the students it can take care of 

 and no more would be admitted. 



There is a slight decrease in the number of 

 Avomen in the college of science, literature and 

 the arts, and quite a large increase in the number 

 of men. This is explained in two ways. First, 

 the rigid requirements in mathematics have 

 turned some away from the college of engineering 

 and they perforce enter the college of arts, where 

 tlie bars are not so high. Secondly, the college 

 of science, literature and the arts has made a 

 slight change in the entrance requirements, which 

 really lowers its standard for admission. Here- 

 tofore students were required to present a certi- 

 ficate of graduation from an accredited high 

 school and in addition were held for fifteen year- 

 credits. As the choice of these fifteen year-credits 

 was somewhat limited, it was found that students 

 taking the manual training and commercial courses 

 in the high schools had not the proper credits 

 for admission to the college of science, literature 



