December 30, 1904.] 



SCIENCE. 



915 



rable decrease in the attendance at the Uni- 

 versity of Indiana, which is confined almost 

 entirely to the arts and science depart- 

 ments, the law school and the summer ses- 

 sion showing a gain.— At Johns Hopkins 

 University there has been a gain in the 

 academic department, a small gain in 

 medicine, and no change in the enrolment 

 •of the graduate schools. 



Last year we called attention to the fact 

 that the medical schools showed a decided 

 decrease in the great majority of institu- 

 tions. A reaction seems to have set in this 

 year, for while the decrease in a number 

 ■of universities has continued, others show 

 gains, the largest increase being recorded at 

 the University of Pennsylvania. The 

 Medical School of Columbia University has 

 dropped into second place, Illinois now 

 taking the lead. Columbia is followed by 

 Northwestern and Pennsylvania, these four 

 institutions having enrolments of over 500 

 students. The University of Michigan still 

 has the largest law school. Harvard 's being 

 second, Minnesota's third and Columbia's 

 fourth. Quite a number of law schools 

 have suffei-ed a loss in attendance. The 

 scientific schools continue to draw large 

 numbers, and at the majority of institu- 

 tions are growing very rapidly. Cornell 

 has by far the largest enrolment of scien- 

 tific students, Michigan coming second, 

 Illinois third and Wisconsin fourth. Har- 

 vard continues to have the largest collegiate 

 enrolment. Its summer session was also 

 the largest last year, Columbia being a very 

 close second, with California third and 

 Cornell fourth. Columbia with an enrol- 

 ment of 709 students in the graduate 

 faculties easily maintains the lead in this 

 department, which it has held for several 

 .years. Chicago, its nearest rival in this 

 field, has only a little over half as many 

 graduate students as Columbia, Harvard 

 and Yale follow closely behind Chicago. 

 Northwestern has the largest dental school 



and also the largest school of divinity. The 

 Columbia School of Pharmacy is more than 

 twice as large as that of its nearest com- 

 petitor. Northwestern University, and 

 Teachers College of Columbia University 

 also remains in a category by itself as far 

 as the number of students is concerned. 

 Syracuse University has the largest school 

 of music, and Yale the largest school of 

 foresti-y. The Minnesota School of Agri- 

 culture is more than twice as large as that 

 of Illinois, which stands second. Columbia 

 seems to have the largest teaching force, 

 but the Harvard figures do not include the 

 25 teachers specially engaged to give sum- 

 mer courses in art and sciences and 31 

 instructors and lecturers in the summer 

 school of physical training. 



These figures tell their own story, but of 

 course they tell little about the relative 

 rank of the institutions from the stand- 

 point of efficiency, a question with which 

 this tabulation does not attempt to deal. 

 Rudolph Tombo, Jr., 



Registrar. 

 Columbia University. 



AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



The twenty-second congress of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union convened 

 in Cambridge, Mass., Monday evening, No- 

 vember 28. The business meeting was held 

 in Mr. William Brewster's museum, and 

 the public sessions, commencing Tuesday, 

 November 29, and lasting three days, were 

 held in the Nash lecture room of the Uni- 

 versity Museum. 



Mr. Charles B. Cory, of Boston, was re- 

 elected president; C. F. Batchelder, of 

 Cambridge, Mass., and E. W. Nelson, of 

 Washington, D. C, vice-presidents: John 

 H. Sage, of Portland, Conn., secretary, 

 Jonathan Dwight, Jr., of New York City, 

 treasurer; Frank M. Chapman, Ruthven 

 Deane, A. K. Fisher, Thos. S. Roberts, 

 Witmer Stone, William Dutcher and 



