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are given under this item for 1907, and 

 this fact may explain the apparent absence 

 of a healthy increase. The largest gains 

 were registered in the schools of music 

 (85), agriculture (60), and the scientific 

 schools (51). All of the other faculties, 

 as well as the summer session, have re- 

 mained to all intents and purposes sta- 

 tionary. 



New York University again reports a 

 considerable increase over last year, the 

 largest, one of 131, being found in the 

 school of commerce. The loss of 16 women 

 in the academic department is offset by a 

 gain of 16 men. The law school has gained 

 39 students, the medical school 27, and the 

 graduate school 30. The department of 

 veterinary medicine reports a decrease of 

 11 students, while the scientific schools 

 have gained 7. The siunmer session of 

 1907 had 189 students more than that of 

 last year. 



Nwthwestern University has been in the 

 habit of including in its statistics the stu- 

 dents enrolled in its various preparatory 

 departments, and consequently the earlier 

 figures in Science do not seem to agree with 

 the reports occasionally found in the press. 

 One thousand one hundred and seventy-one 

 students were reported by this university 

 under "other courses," but only 131 stu- 

 dents in the school of oratory and 167 

 students in the Evanston Academy that 

 are taking courses in the college of liberal 

 arts, in the school of music, in the theo- 

 logical departments and in the school of 

 oratory,, have been included, whereas 124 

 students, who apparently do not belong to 

 the preparatory departments, are given 

 under "extension courses." No figures 

 were given last year under summer session, 

 whereas there was an enrollment of 265 in 

 the summer session of 1907. Mr. W. H. 

 Long, secretary to President Harris, writes 

 as follows: 



Every item is an increase over last year at this- 

 time, and should the later registrations equal 

 those of last year, the total attendance for the year 

 will show a gain of more than 200. It may be of 

 interest to note that the suspension of intercol- 

 legiate football for a term of years has not been 

 followed by a decrease in the attendance on the 

 college of liberal arts. The attendance in medi- 

 cine has been increased partly because new re- 

 quirements for admission are announced to go into 

 effect in January, 1908. 



Work on the new engineering school will begin 

 in the fall of 1908. The course of study will ex- 

 tend over five years, to be extended later to sis 

 years. The course will include a large element of 

 general culture studies, and is intended to lay the 

 foundation for practise in any line of engineering. 

 The new engineering laboratory, the gift of Mrs. 

 G. F. Swift and Mr. Edward F. Swift, will be in 

 process of construction before the year is out. 

 The plans have been submitted and it is expected 

 the building will be in use before the end of the 

 next college year. 



Plans are under consideration for the inaugura- 

 tion of a dormitory system for men. The gift of 

 Mr. William Deering is available for the erection 

 of the first building and it is expected that ground 

 will be broken before the end of the college year. 



Carefully laid plans have been prepared by 

 architects and landscape gardeners for the devel- 

 opment of the campus. This plan will lay out 

 sites for future buildings, and includes the land- 

 scape development of the Evanston property. It is 

 expected that it will result in a group of buildings 

 and a campus among the most noteworthy in the 

 country. Courses for teachers and courses in 

 finance and accounting, in the Northwestern Uni- 

 versity building in Chicago, have been inaugu- 

 rated, and have proved popular. 



The following report was received from 

 Ohio State University : 



The enrollment for the year shows a good 

 healthy increase in all colleges except the colleges 

 of law and pharmacy. The slight shortage in the 

 college of law may be due to the organization of 

 a combination arts-law course, whereby a student 

 is able to obtain two degrees in six years, instead 

 of seven, receiving the A.B. degree at the end of 

 the fourth year and the LL.B. degree two years 

 later. Instead of entering the law college at the 

 end of the second year of the arts college work, 

 the students have deferred doing this until the 

 end of the third year and have become candidates 

 for the two degrees. The increased enrollment in 



