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ing, 55 in the electrical engineering, 34 in 

 the mining engineering and 14 in the me- 

 chanical engineering course. — Lehigh Uni- 

 versity has 540 engineering students, 48 in 

 the college, and 28 graduate students. The 

 physical equipment of the university has 

 been materially strengthened by the erec- 

 tion of two new laboratories — the Fritz engi- 

 neering laboratory and the Eckley B. Coxe 

 mining laboratory; the former is devoted 

 to tests in strength of materials, cement 

 and concrete, hydraulics and road ma- 

 terials, the latter to experimental ore- 

 dressing. Both laboratories are equipped 

 with the most modern machinery and ap- 

 paratus. Four new four-year plans of 

 study leading to the degree of bachelor of 

 science are offered by the university in the 

 department of arts and science, viz., one in 

 which the biological and chemical sciences 

 predominate, one in which the geological 

 sciences predominate, one in which the 

 mathematical and physical sciences pre- 

 dominate, and one in business administra- 

 tion. — At the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology German has been made a re- 

 quired subject for all first-year students 

 with the exception of the architects, who 

 are required to take French ; previously all 

 first-year students could choose between 

 German and French. Of the 1,506 students 

 enrolled at the institute this winter, 107 are 

 in the school of architecture. There were 

 also 239 students in attendance on the 1910 

 summer session, of whom 175 returned in 

 the fall, giving a total enrollment for the 

 year of 1,570. — At Mount Holyoke College 

 a dormitory, accommodating about twenty- 

 five persons, has been added during the 

 summer. — The total fall registration of 

 Oberlin College is 1,826, divided as fol- 

 lows : college of arts and sciences 998, the- 

 ological seminary 65, conservatory of 

 music 406, academy (preparatory) 315, 

 drawing and painting (college and pre- 



paratory) 42. — The students at Purdue 

 University are distributed as follows: 

 school of science 162, chemical engineering 

 80, civil engineering 334, electrical engi- 

 neering 390, mechanical engineering 306, 

 graduate students 30, agriculture 262, and 

 pharmacy 74. The entrance requirements 

 for the school of pharmacy have been 

 raised to correspond to those of all the 

 other departments of the university, 

 namely, four years of preparation in a 

 standard high school, the increase in re- 

 quirements having led to a twenty-five per 

 cent, decrease in enrollment. An increase 

 of no less than forty per cent, was regis- 

 tered in the freshman class of the school of 

 agriculture. There has also been an ap- 

 preciable increase in the number of women 

 students, due to growth in the department 

 of household economics. A notable addi- 

 tion to the resources of the university con- 

 sists of the erection of a new group of 

 buildings for the department of shop prac- 

 tise and drawing, comprising some 70,000 

 square feet of floor space with modem 

 equipment. — At Smith College it is the ob- 

 ject of the authorities at present to keep 

 the enrollment as near 1,600 as possible, 

 this being done by limiting the size of the 

 entering class. — The total enrollment of 

 Tufts College consists of 1,141 students, 

 divided as follows: college. 111 men and 

 84 women, engineering schools 238, medi- 

 cine 388, graduate students 7, dentistry 

 303, and divinity 10.— At Wellesley Col- 

 lege there are 1,290 regular undergraduate 

 students, 57 special students and 31 grad- 

 uate students. Two new buildings have 

 been added to the equipment, namely, a 

 library and a gymnasium (Mary Hemen- 

 way Hall). — Of the 365 students at Wes- 

 leyan, 9 are women and 7 are graduate 

 students. — At "Williams 9 of the stu- 

 dents are candidates for the degree of 

 master of arts. A new infirmary and a 



