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"hard times." The above seems to bear out 

 this theory. 



The only university which shows a decrease 

 in the grand total attendance, including the 

 summer-session, is Indiana. Exclusive of the 

 summer-sessions two other universities show a 

 very slight decrease, Tulane and Kansas. 



Omitting the summer-sessions the largest 

 gains for 1914 are Pittsburgh (1,069), Ohio 

 State (687), New York University (580), 

 Pennsylvania (431), "Wisconsin (424), Cali- 

 fornia (389), Columbia (349), Minnesota 

 (324), Cincinnati (319), Cornell (318), Illi- 

 nois (302), Nebraska (29Y), Harvard (239) 

 and Michigan (218). 



Two show gains of more than 900. There 

 were none last year. Fourteen show gains of 

 more than 200 as against twelve last year. 

 Of the fourteen, eight are in the west and six 

 in the east. 



According to the figures for 1914, the thirty 

 institutions, inclusive of the summer-sessions, 

 rank as follows : Columbia (11,294), California 

 (8,180), Chicago (Y,131), Wisconsin (6,696), 

 Pennsylvania (6,505), Harvard (6,411), 

 Michigan (6,319), New York University 

 (6,142), Cornell (5,939), Ulinois (5,664), Ohio 

 State (4,943), Minnesota (4,484), North- 

 western (4,072), Syracuse (3,913), Missouri 

 (3,385), Texas (3,371), Yale (3,289), Nebraska 

 (3,199), Pittsburgh (2,975), Iowa (2,768), 

 Kansas (2,650), Tulane (2,441), Cincinnati 

 (2,190), Indiana (2,163), Stanford (1,893), 

 Princeton (1,641), Western Eeserve (1,523), 

 John Hopkins (1,374), Washington Univer- 

 sity (1,345), Virginia (902) ; whereas last year 

 the order was: Columbia, California, Chicago, 

 Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Harvard, 

 Cornell, New York University, Ulinois, Ohio 

 State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Syracuse, 

 Yale, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, 

 Iowa, Tulane, Indiana, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, 

 Stanford, Princeton, Western Eeserve, Johns 

 Hopkins, Washington University and Virginia. 



A comparison shows that the following 

 seventeen universities hold the same relative 

 positions (indicated by the numerals follow- 

 ing the name) as was held last year. Colum- 

 bia (1), California (2), Chicago (3), Penn- 



sylvania (5), Illinois (10), Ohio State (11), 

 Minnesota (12), Northwestern (13), Syracuse 

 (14), Nebraska (18), Iowa (20), Stanford 

 (25), Princeton (26), Western Eeserve (27), 

 Johns Hopkins (28), Washington University 

 (29) and Virginia (30). On the other hand, 

 there are several changes: Wisconsin comes 

 up to fourth place, passing Michigan and 

 Pennsylvania. Harvard advances one place 

 and Michigan is crowded out of fourth to 

 seventh place. Cornell yields eighth place to 

 New York University. The next change shows 

 Missouri and Texas advancing one place each 

 to fifteenth and sixteenth, respectively, and 

 Yale dropping behind them. Next comes 

 Nebraska and then Pittsburgh, which shows 

 the greatest advance, coming all the way from 

 the twenty-third position to the nineteenth. 

 Iowa holds its own at the twentieth place and 

 is followed by Kansas, which has slipped back 

 two notches. Tulane twenty-second this year, 

 and last year twenty-first, is followed by Cin- 

 cinnati, which has advanced one place, and 

 then by Indiana, which last year held the 

 twenty-second place. The remaining six 

 schools hold the same places held last year. 



If the summer-session enrollment be omitted 

 the universities in the table rank in size as 

 follows: Columbia (6,752), Pennsylvania 

 (5,736), California (5,614), Michigan (5,522), 

 New York University (5,415), Harvard (5,161), 

 Ulinois (5,137), Cornell (5,078), Wisconsin 

 (4,874), Ohio State (4,395), Northwestern 

 (3,941), Minnesota (3,940), Chicago (3,887), 

 Syracuse (3,739), Yale (3,289), Pittsburgh 

 (2,975), Nebraska (2,779), Missouri (2,682), 

 Iowa (2,449), Texas (2,447), Kansas (2,304), 

 Cincinnati (2,190), Stanford (1,888), Prince- 

 ton (1,641), Indiana (1,570), Western Eeserve 

 (1,523), Washington University (1,345), Tu- 

 lane (1,223), Johns Hopkins (1,058), Vir- 

 ginia (902); whereas last year the order was: 

 Columbia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Cali- 

 fornia, Harvard, Ulinois, New York Univer- 

 sity, Cornell, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Chi- 

 cago, Ohio State, Syracuse, Minnesota, Yale, 

 Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, 

 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Stanford, Princeton, 



