May 6, 1910] 



SCIENCE 



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the number of theological students, with 

 Bonn, Berlin, Breslau and Leipzig follow- 

 ing in the order named. In law the order 

 is Berlin, Miinehen, Leipzig, Bonn and 

 Breslau; in medicine Miinehen, Berlin, 

 Leipzig, Freiburg and Wiirzburg, and in 

 philosophy, Berlin, Miinehen, Leipzig, 

 Bonn and Gottingen. Berlin attracts the 

 most matriculated women, followed by 

 Miinehen, Gottingen, Heidelberg and 

 Bonn, whereas in the total number of fe- 

 male students, including auditors, Berlin 

 is followed by Miinehen, Breslau, Bonn 

 and Gottingen. The largest numbers of 

 auditors are found at Berlin, Leipzig, 

 Miinehen, Breslau and Bonn, in the order 

 named. 



Vienna is by far the largest of the Aus- 

 trian universities, being surpassed in point 

 of attendance only by Berlin among the 

 German institutions, while the largest 

 Swiss institution is the University of Bern, 

 this being followed by Geneve, Ziirich, 

 Lausanne, Basel, Freiburg and Neuchatel. 

 The Universities of Czernowitz and Frei- 

 burg (Switzerland) have no medical facul- 

 ties. The percentage of matriculated 

 women students at the Swiss universities 

 (22.3 per cent.) is much higher than that 

 (3.5 per cent.) at the German institutions, 

 while with the exception of Bern and 

 Ziirieh the Swiss universities all attract 

 more female than male auditors. 



If we compare the attendance at the 

 German universities during the winter 

 semester of 1909-10 with that of 1893-94,^ 

 we shall find that the number of matricu- 

 lated students has more than doubled dur- 

 ing this period, the gain being one of 113 

 per cent., i. e., from 27,424 to 58,342. 

 There were almost as many students en- 

 rolled in the faculty of philosophy alone 



^ The 1893-94 figures are based on the reports 

 of the various institutions in volume 4 (1894-95) 

 of Minerva. 



this year as there were in all four faculties 

 sixteen years ago, and almost as many stu- 

 dents of medicine in 1893-94 as there were 

 of philosophy in that year. The number 

 of law students was exceeded by that of 

 medical students sixteen years ago, whereas 

 to-day the condition is reversed. The num- 

 ber of students of theology has shrunk 

 from 4,587 to 4,048 during the period 

 under consideration, or from 16.7 i)er cent, 

 to 7.6 per cent, of the total number of ma- 

 triculated students enrolled. The number 

 of law students has increased from 7,024 to 

 11,585, but the percentage has dropped 

 from 25.6 per cent, to 21.9 per cent., while 

 in the ease of the students of medicine 

 there has been an actual increase from 

 7,856 to 11,187 accompanied by a decrease 

 in percentage from 28.7 per cent, to 21.1 

 per cent. The number of students under 

 the faculty of philosophy has more than 

 tripled during the sixteen-year period 

 under review, the percentage increase being 

 one from 29 per cent, to 49.4 per cent. 

 There may be some discrepancies in the 

 classification of students of veterinary 

 medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and the like, 

 as between 1893-94 and 1909-10, but they 

 are not likely to be of sufficient moment to 

 affect the general situation. 



There has also been a marked change in 

 the relative position of the various German 

 universities since 189-3-94. Leaving audi- 

 tors out of consideration, the institutions 

 in the year mentioned ranked as follows 

 from the standpoint of attendance: (1) 

 Berlin, (2) Miinehen, (3) Leipzig, (4) 

 Halle, (5) Wiirzburg, (6) Bonn, (7) Bres- 

 lau, (8) Tiibingen, (9) Erlangen, (10) 

 Freiburg, (11) Heidelberg, (12) Strass- 

 burg, (13) Marburg, (14) Gottingen, (15) 

 Greifswald, (16) Konigsberg, (17) Jena, 

 (18) Giessen, (19) Kiel, (20) Rostock and 

 (21) Miinster, the last mentioned institu- 

 tion possessing no law and medical schools 



