The record-union., 1893-04-22
LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY.
Large Increase of Students Over the
Roll of Last Year.
Interesting Facts as Shown by the
Register for the Year-Teachers,
Course of Study, Etc.


The Register of the Leland Stanford
Jr. University, which has just appeared,
contains IA pages, and is considerably
larger than the Register for last year. The
whole number of students registered for
the present year is 764, an increase of 205
over the preceding year. The distribu-
ton of students is interesting. OF the
whole number 467 are from California,
and l34 from States east of the Missis-
slppi. 1t is interesting to note that OF the
increase about 80 per cent. comes from
States outside of California, and the con-
tlngent of Eastern students is likely to
increase at an even more rapid rate in the
future.
The distribution of students among
major subjects is also interesting. Eng
lish leads the list, with us; mechanical
engineering has the next largest number,
IS; history, Is; civil engineering, 90;
physiology, 81; Latin, 40; economics, 81;
mathematics, 81; chemistry, 30; romance
languages, u; German, 70; education, 70;
zoology, II. drawing, 10. The number OF
major students in subject, however, does
not fairly show the work IN the different
departments, and d table is given show
ing the different number OF students in
the various departments; also, the total
registration in all classes OF the various
departments; thus, in English. with only
l7o major students. 446 students are tax
ing work in that department., and the total
registration in all English classes Is I39.
Thirty-Lwo students are taking Greek; 60,
Latin; 257, German; 255, romance lam
guages; 20, psychology; IL, education;
vi history pPOnnnleS. 2fD. m4tna-
matics; "a, physics; 49, chemistry; 345,
physical training; los, drawing.
The number OF graduate students is 66,
Of whom 81 are properly graduate stu
dents in the sense of doing graduate
work. This is an increase over last year
OF %. Considering that there are no fell
lowships or scholarships, this is an eX-
ceediugly good showing.
The teaching force OF the university is
classified as follows: Professors, SO;
Associate Professors, Z; Assistant Pro-
fessors, II; Instructors, 10; Assistants, s;
l nonresident Lecturer, or a total of IS.
There are, in addition, ten other officers,
connected mainly with administration.
The library now shows u total of $4,000
volumes and 1000 pamphlets, or an in
crease of 1000 volumes and LOCO PAM
phlets since the appearance of the last
Register, in June, 1892.
Several important additions in the
ton" are noteworthy.
In Greek, an additional instructor and
several new courses have been added.
In Latin, the work required in entrance
subject "A will also he offered in the uni
versity, thus providing for large class
who offer only subjects Dob at entrance,
but who wish to go on with Latin in the
university.
y new Department of Archaeology has
been added. This will be in charge oil
Associate Professor Miller, and the work
OF the department will center around
Mrs. Stanford's collections OF ancient art,
which Will be placed in the museum dur
ing the summer.
In English the courses do not differ
materially from those offered last year.
English /, the elementary course in Eng
fish composition, drops out, the work in
that course being now practically re-
CURED for entrance. Additional courses
i'll the art of writing have been added.
The department of ethics is entirely
new. Nine courses will be offered by
Professor Griggs, covering a considera-
bic variety OF work, including an intro
duction to the study of ethics, spiritual
teachers of the nineteenth century. ethi-
cal literature OF the Bible, the evolution
of ethical conduct and ethical ideas, SEM
mary in study OF ethics and ethical prob
lens.
In history an assistant Professor has
been added, and several new courses are
announced.
In the new register appears the first
complete announcement of the depart
ment of economics and social science.
Nineteen courses are offered, arranged in
three divisions: o. Political economy,
statistics and finance; (2) sociology and
(3) political science. The first includes
the elements of political economy. eco
monte reforms of to-day, development of
industrial society, corporate industry,
public finance, history of socialism, rail-
road problems and the theory and tech
niQue of statistics. In sociology courses
are offered in anthropology and ethnol-
ogy, in statistics and dynamic sociology,
In social pathology and in charities and
corrections. Under political science the
topics are: The systems and methods OF
legislating and administration in Amer
lean States, counties and cities. These
courses are supplemented by seminaries.
The announcement of the law depart
ment is entirely new. In this depart
ment appear eX-President Harrison and
Professor Abbott, late of the Northwest
ern University. The department of law
is perhaps the most interesting innoya-
ton which the new university has inau-
gurated. In no law school in the coun-
try are the requirements for admission
the equivalent OF the requirements to adj
mission to regular university work. In
most law schools they fall very far be-
low. The customary law-school course is
two-yearS' course, devoted almost eX-
cluSively to legal subjects. In the Leland
Stanford Jr. University no effort will be
made TO attract the conventional law
student. The department OF law will
not be professional school, but will be
a regular university department. The
same entrance requirements will be nee
essary as in any other department and
no
viii hold. In other words, students must
offer ten subjects for admission to full
standing and 10 hours for graduation
\ student making law his major, there
fore, will necessarily supplement the
work in law by large amount of work
in English, history, and economics and
social science. The degree will not be
conventional Bachelor OF Laws, but Bach
elor of Arts in Law. Only elementary
courses are offered for the first year. These
include elementary law, contracts, torts,
constitutional and international law, and
seminary. The outside public will per-
hapS be most interested in the lectures on
constitutional and international law,
which be begun in October by non-resl-
dent Professor Harrison.
Astronomy has been disassociated from
mathematics, and appears as a separate
department. 1t is announced that grad
mates and special students OF theuniyers-
NY Will ~ ASNSA'S az VIC 1-ASh OOSeTN-
atory on the same terms as graduates and
special students of the University of CAL
Norma. Residence at the Lick Observa-
tory will count as residence at the uni
Versity.
In physics, additional courses are an
nounced in electricity and magnetism.
In chemistry additional courses are an
nounced and a special course in chemical
engineering, leading to the professional
degree of Chemical Engineer, is outlined.
In botany, the new department of svs-
Losonr iS introduced