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1 Includes Sctools of Mines, Engineering, Chemistry and related subjects. 



students. On the other hand the colleges of 

 the university have shown a gratifying in- 

 crease. 



The decrease in registration at the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, as in the case of other schools, 

 is due to increased entrance requirements. 

 Generally speaking, a decrease is almost cer- 

 tain when entrance requirements or tuition are 

 increased. An increase in students following 

 such action is the exception. 



Connected with its college of liberal arts, 

 the State University of Iowa has a department 

 of graphic and plastic arts on the same basis 

 as the departments of Latin, Greek, math- 

 ematics, etc., and courses in this department 

 are offered toward a bachelor's degree. The 

 school of music, by state action, has been made 



a department of the college, but not all of the 

 courses are accepted toward a bachelor's de- 

 gree. The course in journalism, the college 

 of education and the school of commerce are 

 in fact departments of the college of liberal 

 arts. These have no separate faculty organi- 

 zation apart from the organization of the 

 faculty of the college of liberal arts. 



At Johns Hopkins University, large in- 

 creases are noticeable in the " College Courses 

 for Teachers " and in the junior courses. The 

 reasons may be summarized as follows: The 

 university has established the degree of Bach- 

 elor of Science in Education, and has opened 

 the courses to students enrolled in other de- 

 partments. The increase in the Summer 

 Courses is due; first, to the addition, for the 



