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ninety students were admitted to the first-year 

 class in the four-year course. 



The large increase in registration in the sci- 

 entific schools in the University of Missouri is 

 due to the fact that beginning with the pres- 

 ent year the school of engineering admits high- 

 school graduates instead of requiring two years 

 of college work for admission. No change has 

 been made in the actual time required for 

 securing the degree in engineering, but the 

 first two years of the curriculum are now given 

 in the school of engineering instead of in the 

 college of liberal arts, resulting in a corre- 

 sponding decrease, however, in the number of 

 men in college. The professional schools show 

 an increase, but the largest increase is in the 

 school of education, due chiefly to the growing 

 •number of graduates of normal schools and 

 ■colleges who continue their work in the uni- 

 5:ersity. A part of the development of the uni- 

 versity in recent years has been due to a sys- 

 tem of accredited junior colleges throughout 

 the state. 



The 645 men at the college of liberal arts 

 of Northwestern University include 90 stu- 

 dents in engineering who are registered for the 

 bachelor's degree, and a small group of pre- 

 legal students who are taking their first year's 

 work in Evanston. Although the total num- 

 ber of students in the school of music shows 

 a decrease, the enrollment of full time stu- 

 dents is larger than last year. 



The increase in entrance requirements to the 

 professional colleges of law and medicine at 

 Ohio State University naturally brought a loss 

 in number, but this is also a part of the cause 

 of a large increase in the college of liberal arts. 

 The college of medicine now requires two years 

 of academic work for admission, and has in- 

 creased its curriculum from three to four 

 years. 



The summer school of the University of 

 Virginia is conducted apart from the regular 

 university session although credit is given by 

 the university for certain work done. The 

 summer school is one of several conducted in 

 different parts of the state and had an enroll- 

 ment in 1915 of 1,325. 



The new summer school at Western Eeserve 



opened with an enrollment of 361 students. 

 The courses for teachers almost doubled in 

 registrations over last year. The visiting 

 nurses' class has five, and the course in adver- 

 tising twenty-one. 



The increase in the school of fine arts and 

 music at Yale is probably due to conditions 

 abroad which prevent students going to Paris, 

 Berlin and other art centers. Although the 

 total registration in the graduate school is less 

 than last year, the number of candidates for 

 the degree of master of arts and of doctor of 

 philosophy is slightly increased. 



John C. Burg 



Northwestern University 



ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND ACADEMIC 

 TENURE 

 The committee on academic freedom and 

 academic tenure of the American Association 

 of University Professors, of which Professor 

 E. E. A. Seligman, of Columbia University, 

 is chairman, presented its report at the annual 

 meeting on January 1. The first part of the 

 report (printed in School and Society) is a 

 general declaration of principles, some twenty 

 pages in length; the second part consists of 

 practical proposals which are as follows: 



As the foregoing declaration implies, the ends to 

 be accomplished are chiefly three : 



First: To safeguard freedom of inquiry and of 

 teaching against both covert and overt attacks, 

 by providing suitable judicial bodies, composed of 

 members of the academic profession, which may be 

 called into action before university teachers are 

 dismissed or disciplined, and may determine in 

 what cases the question of academic freedom is 

 actually involved. 



Second: By the same means, to protect college 

 executives and governing boards against unjust 

 charges of infringement of academic freedom, or 

 of arbitrary and dictatorial conduct — charges 

 which, when they gain wide currency and belief, 

 are highly detrimental to the good repute and the 

 influence of universities. 



Third: To render the profession more attractive 

 to men of high ability and strong personality by 

 insuring the dignity, the independence and the rea- 

 sonable security of tenure, of the professorial 

 office. 



