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TAHT.F, U. INSTITUTIONr. WITH WHICH THE MEN 



ABE CONHECTED WHO HAVE BEEN ADDED 



AND DBOPPED 



have lost their positions on the thousand. 

 This double success can not be attributed to 

 chance, but must indicate skill in the selection 

 of men or an environment favorable to good 

 work. The Johns Hopkins and Stanford also 

 stand well. Columbia, Cornell and California 

 are the three universities which have lost the 

 most. While Harvard and Tale have about 

 three times as many men who have won a 

 place as have lost it, Columbia has twice as 



many who have been dropped from the list as 

 have been added to it. In the other universi- 

 ties and colleges the changes have been 

 smaller, but they have considerable signifi- 

 cance and deserve careful consideration. 

 When we remember that seven adjacent states 

 have not a single one of these men within 

 their borders, it is not a small thing for insti- 

 tutions such as the University of North Caro- 

 lina or Goucher College to have two of them. 

 We may weU ask why Pennsylvania should 



TABLE III. THE INSTITUTIONS FBOM WHICH MEN 



6EADUATED WHO WERE ADDED TO OR DROPPED 



FROM THE LIST 



