The sun., 1893-12-24
Harvard and Yale.

We have before US the catalogues OF Har-
ward and Yale universities for the acndemi-
cal year 1893 "a. As these are the two most
conspicuous seats OF learning In this coun-
try. 1t will be OF interest to compare them
from several points OF view. including the
number of students, the number OF in
structors. the amount OF pecuniary aid OBJ
tainable by undergraduates, the conditions
for admission. and the courses Of study In
the academical department.
AS regards attendance. Harvard has con-
sideraby the advantage OF Yale. and ranks.
indeed, among the foremost universities OF
the world. In the year in question the
whole number OF students under the Fac
ulty OF Arts and Sciences. comprehending
the college proper. the scientific school, and
the graduate school, has been 2.lss. In the
Yale department OF philosophy and the
arts, which comprises. besides the college
proper and the Sheffield Scientific Schools
courses for graduates. an art school and a
musical department. the number OF students
has been 1859. The Yale Divinity School
is more frequented than the divinity school
Of Harvard. the respective numbers OF stu
dents being ll9 and At. 1t is otherwise with
the law and medical departments The
number OF law students at Harvard was
353. while at Yale 1t was but 1888; and
whereas Harvard had 466 medical students.
Yale had only 80. There were also l26
students at Harvard In departments not
represented at Yale, to wit: dental school.
a school of veterinary medicine. and a
school OF agriculture and horticulture
known as the BUssEY Institution. The
total number of students in each university
was. at Harvard, 9l5G. and at Yale. 2,2O2.
Equally marked is tho difference as re-
CARDS the size of the teaching and admins
trative staff. At Harvard tho whole num-
Der Of teachers, preachers, curators. librari-
ans, aud other officers was 379 while at Yale
the number OF the corresponding officials
was hut 200. Something like a correspond
ing proportion is observable between the
amounts Of pecuninTy assistance available
for INDECENT and deserving students. Con-
filming ourselves 10 the academical depart
ment. we note that at Yale the sum Of twenty
thousand dollars and upward. drawn mainly
from permanent charitable funds, is annual
ly applied by the corporation for the relief
OF students who need aid. At Harvard the
scholarships which may be assigned to un-
dergraduates number I3l, yielding In the
hkk SSi'nfD' ~ ihl sum Ol dDbuL
$4,000 a year NAV be advanced by the col
lego 10 worthy students from beneficiary
funds and loan funds. From the data here
presented it will be obvious that the re-
sources of Harvard in the way both OF in
structlon and Of encouragement arc de-
cidedly greater than those of Yale. a fact
which. 10 some extent. explains the SUPERB
ority in the numbcr OF students. Weshould
not overlook in estimating the respective
attractions of the universities. tho size aud
Importance Of their Libraries. The several
libraries OF Yale University comprise over
two hundred thousand bound volumes. be-
sides many thousands Of unbound PAM
phlets. The various Libraries belonging 10 the
schools and departments Of Harvard Uni
versity contain. in the aggregate. 43l. $50
bound volumes. while the collection Of un-
bound pamphlets and maps In the college
library alone is said to exceed 100000. II is
plain that. in this matter also. Harvard is
much in advance OF IalO.
II We ask which Of these universities
makes the better use Of its resources, We
must acknowledge at the outset that there
are grounds for broad difference OF opin-
ion. The systems Of academical instruction
at Harvard aud at Yale are organized on