﻿Report of the Dean of the Graduate 

 School, 192 1 



I. SOME STATISTICS TO SHOW THE CONDITION OF THE 

 GRADUATE SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE, DURING, AND 

 SINCE THE WAR 



Ntjmbee of Students (See Table 1) 



The average number of students in attendance during a year between 

 June, 1911, and June, 1917, was 195. The largest number in attendance 

 for any one year was between June, 1916, and Jime, 1917. There were 230 

 different individuals enrolled during this year, and the average attendance 

 for the summer and two semesters was 118 minus. There was a distinct 

 decrease in the attendance during the following year, 1917-18. The decrease 

 was progressive; the decrease for the summer term was 18 per cent from the 

 preceding summer. The decrease for the fall semester was 31 per cent, and 

 for the spring semester, 41 per cent (from the fall and spring semesters of 

 1916-17). The decrease continued to the following year, being 23 per cent, 

 nearly 60 per cent, and nearly 40 per cent for the summer and the two se- 

 mesters respectively. The greatest drop was for the fall semester. There 

 was evidence of a slackening of the descent in the spring semester. 



Table 1 — The Number of Students By Terms Enrolled in the Grad- 

 uate School Since 1911 





1911 

 -12 



1912 

 -13 



1913 

 -14 



1914 

 -15 



1915 

 -16 



1916 

 -17 



1917 

 -18 



1918 

 -19 



1919 

 -20 



1920 

 -21 





Summer . . 



90 



104 



82 



121 



98 



138 



113 



87 



79 



138 





FaU or 1st 

























Semester . . . 



64 



72 



74 



93 



91 



112 



77 



31 



52 



59 





Winter . . . 



66 



71 



79 



103 









36 









Spring or . 

























2d Semester 



71 



70 



67 



108 



99 



106 



62 



38 



47 



74 





Number of 

























Women 



45 



58 



61 



68 



54 



84 



87 



71 



70 



84 





Number of 

























Men 



132 



131 



108 



148 



138 



146 



99 



71 



65 



130 





Totals. . . . 



177 



189 



169 



216 



192 



230 



186 



142 



135 



214 





The summer session of 1919 showed a further decrease from the preceding 

 summer, but the fall and spring semesters showed a recover from the pre- 

 ceding slump. 



The summer of 1920 showed a complete recovery from war conditions to 

 the maximum pre-war numbers. The fall and spring semesters showed 

 further recoveries but not to the pre-war maximum. 



The effect of the war on the attendance of men is shown by the following : 



(3) 



