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sclicoj, the college of dentistry and the 

 53ummer session. The total gain is no doubt 

 larger than would appear from a com- 

 parison of the 1904 figures with these of 

 1903, inasmuch as it was impossible last 

 year to secure accurate figures for the num- 

 ber of summer session students who re- 

 turned for work in the fall and who should 

 have been deducted under ' double registra- 

 tion.' 



The total enrolment at the University of 

 Minnesota shoAvs a considerable gain over 

 last year, there being 3,886 students regis- 

 tered in 1904, as against 3,550 in 1903. 

 The enrolment of men in the academic de- 

 partment is identical with that of last year, 

 but there has been a gain of 30 women in 

 the same department. The scientific schools 

 show a gain, which is not as large, how- 

 ever, as the increase in the law school en- 

 rolment. The requirements in the medical 

 school have been raised, yet the school 

 shows a slight gain over last year. All of 

 the other departments have also had an 

 increase, which is especially striking in the 

 graduate faculties. 



The total attendance at Cornell shoAvs 

 an increase from 3,438 to 3,833. which is 

 much larger than the gain noted during the 

 previous year. The college of arts and 

 science and the college of law are the only 

 departments that show a falling off in at- 

 tendance. Sibley College (mechanical 

 engineering) shows an increase in its total 

 attendance, but a slight falling off in the 

 first year class, which may be explained by 

 the fact that new entrance requirements 

 went into effect this fall for the first time, 

 both advanced French and advanced Ger- 

 man, as well as advanced mathematics, be- 

 ing demanded for admission. The college 

 of agriculture shows the largest increase 

 among the various departments, but nic^t 

 of this increase is in the special students, 

 who are not obliged to satisfy the entrance 

 requirements. The summer session, which 



showed a loss in 1903, has gained consid- 

 erably. 



The attendance at the University of 

 California has grown from 3,690 to 3,738, 

 a gain which is larger than the one recorded 

 last year. The losses in medicine, the 

 graduate schools, in art, dentistry and 

 pharmacy, are more than made up by the 

 increased registration in the other depart- 

 ments, including the summer session. 



The University of Illinois shows a gain 

 over 1903, although the figxires given in last 

 year's tabulation are larger than those for 

 1 904 ; the reason for this has been explained 

 above. All of the departments, with the 

 exception of the professional schools of 

 law, medicine and pharmacy, have had an 

 increase in enrolment, this being most 

 noticeable in the scientific schools. The 42 

 students mentioned under 'other courses' 

 are enrolled in the school of library science. 



As noted above, there has been a con- 

 siderable increase in the attendance at the 

 University of Pennsylvania, which is due 

 in part to the incorporation of a summer 

 school of the college, in which 137 students 

 were enrolled, and of the night school of 

 accounts and finance, in which 164 students 

 are registered. The freshman classes show 

 an increase everywhere except in the 

 veterinary school. The medical school 

 shows a large increase, the veterinary and 

 dental schools have remained stationary, 

 and the graduate department and the law 

 school show a slight falling off. Archi- 

 tecture, mechanical engineering, civil engi- 

 neering, mining engineering and the 

 MHiarton School of Finance and Commerce 

 have had decided gains. Biological and 

 chemical courses also show an increase, 

 whereas there has been a loss in the aca- 

 demic course. 



The Yale figures, as far as the grand total 

 is concerned, have remained practically un- 

 changed, the gain being slight. There is 

 ^in apparent loss in the number of students 



