July 18, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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in 1895, and the botanical and paleobotanieal 

 definitions for the Century Dictionary. 



Dr. Ward had a wonderful faculty for co- 

 ordinating and systematizing facts and infor- 

 mation. The former were always clearly 

 stated and presented in logical sequence, and 

 the arrangement of his text was always care- 

 fully thought out. His guiding principle in 

 all his writings was that he was not writing 

 for himself, but for others, and he always tried 

 to place himself in the position of those who 

 would have occasion to read or consult or cite 

 what he had written. The consequence is his 

 works may be easily read, or quickly referred 

 to, or accurately cited in any particular. 



His influence and example as a systematic, 

 orderly, and conscientious worker and writer 

 have left an indelible impression upon all who 

 were associated with him and will be felt, con- 

 sciously or unconsciously, by all who may 

 follow in his footsteps. 



Arthur Hollick 



New York Botanical Garden, 

 June 30, 1913 



GERMAN AND SWISS UNIVERSITY 

 STATISTICS 



The preliminary statistics of the number of 

 students enrolled in German universities dur- 

 ing the winter semester of 1912-1913 

 (Deutscher Universitatskalender, 83. ed.) 

 show that the total number of matriculated 

 students amounted to 58,844 as against 58,672 

 in the summer semester of 1912. Including 

 auditors the totals are 64,590 and 63,351, re- 

 spectively. Of the auditors registered in the 

 winter semester 3,997 were men and 1,749 were 

 women, while of the matriculated students, no 

 less than 3,213 were women, these being dis- 

 tributed by faculties as follows : 



Theology 11 



Law 79 



Medicine 715 



Philosopliy 2,408 



The following universities attracted the 

 largest number of women students: 



Berlin 904 



Bonn 289 



Miinchen 262 



Gottingen 237 



Heidelberg 219 



Freiburg 189 



Munster 172 



Breslau 1.50 



Leipzig 3 29 



Marburg 126 



It may be interesting in this connection to 

 call attention to some statistics recently pub- 

 lished by the French Ministry of Education, 

 showing that the percentage of women stu- 

 dents in France in 1912 was 9.8 per cent, as 

 against 4.8 per cent, in Germany. 



Excluding the emeritus professors, the 

 faculties of the German universities in the 

 summer semester of 1913 are manned by 

 1,306 full professors, 131 honorary full pro- 

 fessors, 788 adjunct professors, 3 honorary ad- 

 junct professors and 1,210 docents. 



The matriculated male students enrolled in 

 the winter semester were distributed by facul- 

 ties as follows: 



Protestant theology 3,386 



Catholic theology 1 ,785 



Law 11,376 



Medicine, pharmacy and dentistry 15,309 



Philosophy 26,988 



The largest number of matriculated students, 

 namely, 9,806, was enrolled at the University 

 of Berlin, this institution being followed by 

 the remaining 20 institutions in the following 

 order : 



Miinchen 6,759 



Leipzig 5,351 



Bonn 4,179 



Halle 2,906 



Breslau 2,710 



G'ottingen 2,660 



Freiburg 2,627 



Heidelberg 2,264 



Munster 2,154 



Marburg 2,076 



Strassburg 2,063 



Tubingen 1,898 



Jena 1,842 



Kiel 1,738 



Konigsberg 1,616 



Wiirzburg 1,455 



1,338 



