August 18, 1911] 



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TABLE I 



Doctorates Conferred 



TABM n 

 Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences 



cent., at Harvard 40 per cent., at Co- 

 lumbia 37 per cent. It is somewhat curi- 

 ous that the percentages at Wisconsin, 

 Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota, should 

 be as small as 42, 39, 54 and 37, respec- 

 tively, as it is the general impression that 

 the sciences are especially emphasized at 

 the state universities. 



There were this year 65 degrees in chem- 



istry, a larger number than had previously 

 been conferred in any subject. It should, 

 however, be remembered that chemistry is 

 pursued lil^e medicine as a preparation for 

 professional work, and that a large per- 

 centage of those who take the doctor's de- 

 gree in this science do not publish research 

 work. The 37 degrees conferred in phys- 

 ics was the largest number that has been 



