Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1904 — BIG GAINS MADE BY COLLEGES. [ARTICLE]

BIG GAINS MADE BY COLLEGES.

Students Are Flocking to University Towns in Increased Numbers. Matriculation days at the universities are bringing students into the college towns in larger numbers than ever before,. and reports from nearly all the larger institutions indicate that the enrollment this year will break all records. The entrance time has not expired as yet at most of the universities and the students will continue to arrive until the hour for first lectures, but estimates from registrars and deans give the following comparative table of attendance: 1001-1905 1903-1904. (estimated), (actual). Harvard 4,700 4,328 Yale 3,400 3,142 Michigan 4,150 3,957 Chicago 3,420 3,119 Northwestern 4,050 3,831 lowa 1,600 1,393 Wisconsin 2,600 2,379 California . .2,470 At the University of Michigan the greatest increase this year is in the engineering department. which has 125 more students than registered for instruction last year. Wisconsin will have the largest freshm.an class in the history of the institution, and the total attendance in all departments will run above 3,000. The figures given in the table are for the academic department. An average Increase of 20 per cent in all departments is reported from the University of lowa. The University of Chicago figures for 1903 include students registered in the summer schools.