December 30, 1904.] 



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registered in the Sheffield Scieutific School, 

 which is, however, due to the fact that this 

 year the Tindergradviate students only were 

 counted, whereas in 1903 graduate students 

 of the scientific department were included 

 here as well as under the gradi^ate schools. 

 The attendance of undergraduates at the 

 Sheffield School shows an increase of about 

 50 over that of last year. The academic 

 department shows a gain, whereas the 

 others have remained virtually stationary. 

 The only loss worth mentioning is in the 

 law school, a falling off due to increased 

 tuition fees and greatly increased require- 

 ments for admission and advancement. 



The University of Wisconsin shows a 

 considerable loss, which is, however, not 

 large enough to eradicate the great gains 

 made in the previous year. The academic 

 department shows a large increase. — The 

 registration at Northwestern University has 

 increased, but the total given is a gross 

 total, it having been impossible to indicate 

 all the duplications. The 115 students 

 mentioned under 'other courses' are en- 

 rolled in the department of oratory, and 

 the 50 summer session students are divinity 

 students. — The figures for the University 

 of Nebraska are those for the close of the 

 academic year 1903-1904, the figures for 

 this fall not being obtainable.— At Syracuse 

 University gains are noticeable all along 

 the line, being largest in the college and 

 scientific schools and smallest in the pro- 

 fessional schools of law and medicine.— The 

 total attendance at the University of Ohio 

 is a little larger than it was last year, most 

 of the departments having experienced no 

 important change. The number of women 

 in the academic department has been in- 

 creased by 45, whereas the number of men 

 shows a falling off of 50. Stricter en- 

 trance rules went into effect in the college, 

 which were in a measure responsible for 

 this decrease. The greatest loss is found 

 in the college of phai'macy. The chemistry 



building, the home of this department, was 

 totally destroyed by fire last winter, so that 

 the school was compelled to work at a great 

 disadvantage in temporary quarters this 

 year. Next year the department is to be 

 located in the new chemistry building, now 

 in process of construction, so that the loss; 

 over the previous year will probably be 

 onlj' temporary.— The University of Mis- 

 souri shows a gain in its total attendance, 

 in spite of the large falling off in the sum- 

 mer session. In 1903 summer schools were 

 maintained at three places outside of Co- 

 lumbia, Missouri, the attendance aggre- 

 gating 639, whereas last summer only one 

 school Avas opened, that at Columbia, at 

 which 260 students were enrolled. Since 

 1903 a new department has been estab- 

 lished, the teachers college, which is re- 

 sponsible for some of the increase. The 

 90 students mentioned under 'other 

 courses' belong to the departments of agri- 

 culture and forestry and the veterinary de- 

 partment. The largest gains were made in 

 the scientific schools.— Leland Stanford, 

 Jr., which had remained practically sta- 

 tionary the year before, shows an increase 

 in all departments. — At Princeton there has 

 been a slight loss as against last year, but 

 the figures for 1904 are larger than for 

 1902. The loss in the academic depart- 

 ment has not quite been offset by the gain 

 in the scientific schools. A good illustra- 

 tion of the encroachment of the scientific 

 schools upon the academic departments in 

 most universities may be found here, for 

 while there were 758 academic students in 

 1902, there are only 665 in 1904, whereas 

 the number of scientific students has in- 

 creased from 494 in 1902 to 628 in 1904. 

 The graduate schools show a decrease, aris- 

 ing chiefly from the fact that fewer stu- 

 dents of the Theological Seminary than 

 usual are availing themselves of the op- 

 portunity to pursue graduate courses in 

 the university.— There has been a consider- 



