New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-27
PENNSYLvANIA'S PROSPERITY.
THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE PROVOST
AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.

philadelphia, Jan. 26-The annual report of the
provost of the University Of Pennsylvania has just
been Issued 1t is a volume of 300 pages, and re-
views the work of the university from September
/ 1898, TO September l. 1899. To the general re-
view of Provost Harrison added the special
reports of the departments.
In the college department attention is called TO
the establishment OF new courses in sociology,
business practice and banking and commerce.
diplomacy and international law For the first
time instruction has been given I'm the college de-
partment by members of the faculty of law
through the introduction Of a new group elective.
which includes economics law and history and
which, like the other groups, is open TO juniors
and seniors in arts. In appendix are given some
interesting statistics. The average age OF students
at entrance eighteen years and three months
The number of students in athletic teams was
sixty-fve. and of these only twenty-four received
conditions Of any kind. Not was dropped.
The report of the dean of the graduate school
shows various new problems arising in the ad-
ministration OF his department. The fact that
women not admitted to the undergraduate
courses, with very few exceptions, while they are
admitted in the graduate school. has prevented
the throwing open of the undergraduate depart
ment to graduate students. It Is probable that in
the near future this change viii be made. FIFTY
seven institutions represented In the depart
to the work done by the holders of senior fellow
ships These felloWshps form p4fuon OF th nose
have taken his Doctors degree at pennsylvania,
and Is expected to devote his time to original re-
search. Elaborate statistics given showing
the courses taken by students In the department.
English literature Is the most strongly represented
having thirteen students taking it as a major and
five a minor.
s the Of law d the of T bs
raising of the entrance requirements in 1895, while
the nature of the preparation is much improved
OF the 121 men entering in 1899 fifty had college
degrees and eighteen had partial college
training. The department will into the
building at Thirty-fourth and Chestnut SITS. after
February 81
The report of the department of medicine is con-
cerned chiefly with discussion of the effects OF
the higher standard of the entrance examinations,
candidates now being required to pass an eX-
animation equivalent to that of the college depart
ments. In the dental depar ,ment the dean reports
that already the capacity of the building has
been taxed to its utmost.
During the year the entire university library has
been recatalogued, the dictionary system at
expense of $4,000. and I3S ,S73 volumes have been
added to the collection The circulation of the IL
brary during the year 32,004
The Publication Committee reports the issuing
OF seven monographs in the various series making
total of twenty-one articles The system Of
changes has been greatly extended. the list
including ffty-nine from foreign and fifty-nne
from native universities and learned societies. The
photography shows a total of 324 articles vol
umes contributed by the members OF the various
faculties during the year. The gifts from all
sources were $6l644l 49,