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54,845 students were enrolled. The number of 

 women students has grown from 211 five 

 years ago to 2,418 this winter. There has 

 been an increase in the number of students of 

 medicine, philology and history, pure science, 

 and Protestant theology, and a small gain in 

 the number of students of Catholic theology, 

 while there has been a decrease in the number 

 of law students and in the students of den- 

 tistry and pharmacy. By faculties and groups 

 the students were distributed as follows : 

 Protestant theology, 2,535 (as against 2,320 in 

 the winter semester of 1909-10) ; Catholic 

 theology, 1,Y60 (1,698) ; law, 10,890 (11,317) ; 

 medicine, 11,240 (10,135); dentistry, 1,146 

 (1,395) ; philosophy, philology and history, 

 15,525 (14,593); pure science, 7,914 (7,349); 

 pharmacy, 954 (1,279) ; agriculture, 2,546 

 (2,085) ; forestry, 171 (129) ; veterinary medi- 

 cine, 141 (107). 



So far as the individual universities are 

 concerned, those of Prussia show a larger in- 

 crease than those of Bavaria and Baden, the 

 ten Prussian universities having enrolled 

 28,675 students as against 27,244 last year, 

 whereas the three Bavarian universities show 

 an increase from 9,042 last winter to 9,342 this 

 winter, and those of Baden from 4,101 stu- 

 dents to 4,254 students; the remaining six 

 German universities have increased their 

 clientele from 11,980 to 12,552 students. The 

 three largest universities (Berlin, Miinchen 

 and Leipzig) alone enrolled no less than 39 

 per cent, of the total German student body, 

 Berlin remaining at the top with an enroll- 

 ment of 9,686 students, as against 9,242 last 

 winter. This is followed by the University of 

 Miinchen with 6,905 students (6,537 last year). 

 The remaining universities range in the fol- 

 lowing order : Leipzig, 4,900 (4,761) ; Bonn, 

 3,846 (3,652); Halle, 2,661 (2,393); Breslau, 

 2,454 (2,405); Freiburg, 2,246 (2,167); Got- 

 tingen, 2,233 (2,230); Strassburg, 2,067 

 (1,995); Miinster, 2,047 (1,906); Heidelberg, 

 2,008 (1,934) ; Marburg, 1,981 (1,878) ; Tiibin- 

 gen, 1,883 (1,760) ; Jena, 1,637 (1,496) ; Kiel, 

 1,439 (1,290); Wiirzburg, 1,425 (1,424); 

 Konigsberg, 1,380 (1,367); Giessen, 1,249 



(1,261) ; Erlangen, 1,011 (1,121) ; Greifswald, 

 948 (881), and Eostock, 816 (707). 



The figures show that all the universities 

 with the exception of Erlangen, Wiirzburg 

 and Giessen have increased their attendance, 

 the smallest gains having been made by Got- 

 tingen, Konigsberg and Breslau, the largest 

 (in percentage) by Halle, Kiel, Jena, Tii- 

 bingen and Eostock. Since last winter Bres- 

 lau has been passed by Halle, Gottingen by 

 Freiburg, Heidelberg by Miinster, Wiirzburg 

 and Konigsberg by Kiel. 



In addition to the 54,822 matriculated stu- 

 dents, 3,528 men and 1,772 women are enrolled 

 this winter as auditors, giving a total of 60,122 

 individuals receiving instruction at the Ger- 

 man universities, the largest number in the 

 history of German higher education. 



EUDOLF TOMBO, Jr. 



Columbia Universitt 



MEMORIAL TO CHARLES OTIS WHITMAN 



Volume 22 of the Journal of Morphology 

 will be a Charles Otis Whitman Memorial 

 Volume. This volume was originally in- 

 tended as a testimonial by former students 

 and colleagues to the founder of the Journal 

 of Morphology, Professor Charles Otis Whit- 

 man. In view of his untimely death it be- 

 comes a memorial volume. In addition to a 

 large number of scientific papers by Professor 

 Whitman's students and associates, illustrated 

 with numerous plates and text figures, it will 

 contain a biographical sketch with portraits of 

 Professor Whitman. The edition of this vol- 

 ume will be sufficient to supply special orders 

 in addition to the regular subscriptions to the 

 Journal of Morphology. The contents will be 

 as follows: 



" The Sex Cells of Amia and Lepidosteus," B. 

 M. Allen. 



'■ Male Organs for Spemi-transfer in the Cray- 

 fish, Gambarus affinis, their Structure and Use," 

 E. A. Andrews. 



"Vertebrate Cephalogenesis." 3. " Amphioxus 

 and Bdellostoma," Howard Ayers. 



" On the Bilaterality of the Pigeon's Egg, a 

 Study in Egg Organization," G. W. Bartelmez. 



" The Regulatory Process in Organisms," C. M. 

 Child. 



