The times., 1900-12-30

number OF students from Boston and the
! State of Massachusetts is larger than all
others put together-the figures being
| 2,fO9 against l.sSS from other localities.
| But, contrary to a somewhat widespread
impression, 5he proportion of students
| from outside Massachusetts has been in
| creasing during the last few years. not
! only in the graduate departments, but in
the college proper. The freshman lass
| Of ten years ago, for example contained
| 81 per cent of such students, that of last
year 43 per cent, and this years. 45 per
cent. In the Law School. the Divinity
School. and the Graduate School the num-
Der of men from without the State is
greater than that of those from within it
being respectively 399 out of a total of
64I; - out of 2S; and PA out of 341. In
his connection. too. it should be noted
that many students put their residence
as Cambridge or Boston who really hail
from other parts of the country, but in
coming East are either accompanied by
their families or intend to leave their old
homes for good.
Next to Massachusetts the State which
is best represented in the university is
New. York, with 430 students. Ohio, the
next State in rank. has 1855 men. Penn
sylyania has 1i9. and Illinois 14S. Maine
heads the list OF the New England States
toutside of Massachusetts, with 121; Rhode
Island has So. Connecticut 60, and YER
mont %. At the other end of the country,
California has AZ. Oregon Is, and Wash
ington 3. The District of Columbia sends
29 The Southern States are: Alabama 6,
Arkansas 2, Delaware 5, Georgia IL, Ken
lucky 90 Florida 3, Louisiana IL, Mary
land %. Mississippi s. North Carolina 5,
South Carolina 4, Tennessee 9. Texas 10,
Virginia 6. and West Virginia making
a total from the South of l26. South Car
olina II is curious to note. had six in the
first cataiogue, showing decrease for
the century of .. In the Middle West
beyond Ohio and outside of Illinois, al
ready noted, Indiana has "a, Iowa A
Michigan 70, Minnesota Il, Wisconsin 81,
and Missouri 81. The Hawaiian Islands
send 10 students, and Cuba 2 Nevada,
Wyoming. North Dakota, Alaska, and In
diaE Territory are not represented. From
the Dominion of Canada, however, come
a, and from various foreign countries 81.
The number OF graduates of other insti-
tutionS at Harvard has become very
great There are 70 in the higher classes
of the college, and the Lawrence Scien-
tife School, who have entered for the
Harvard A. B. or S. B. IN the Law School
there are $40. representing 3S colleges and
universities. Yale alone supplies IS of
- A.
Princeton Williams, and the University
of Chicago. 10 each: Bowdoin, 10; and
Amherst, Is. The Graduate School las
143, from 119 different institutions; y hile
the Medical School has 176. In the whole
University outside OF the college end the
Scientific School, a fairly exact o;ilcula-
tion makes the percentages of graduates
of -Dther colleges. of Harvard graduates.
and of non graduates, respectively, 5s, 32,
and 30.
The catalogue enumerates, besides the
schools mentioned above, the following
special departments and
museums: The Arnold Arboretum, the |
University Library, the Chemical Jeffer- |
son Physical, and Psychological iabora- |
tories, the Museum of Comparative 70 |
ology tAgassiz Museum the Peabody |
Museum of American Archaeology and !
the Botanical, Mineraiogical !
and Semitic museums, the Fogg Art Mu-
scum, the Botanic Garden, the Gray Her
barium, and the Astronomical Ofs serya- |
tory. OF these the Psychological Labora-
tory. and the Semitic and Fogg Art mu-
seums are new within the last decade.
These various museums and special de-
Dartments would alone furnish the best of
for an article on the activities
5f modern university. With the Astro-
lomlcal Observatory, for example. is con-
nected the Blue Hill Meteorological OBJ
servatory, near this city. and a temporary
oreign station in addition TO the perma-
rent ones in Peru, has been established at
Vaudeville Jamaica: while the Cambridge |
station has been chosen by astronomers TO
Undertake as a part of its regular work
he gathering of American astronomical in
ormation for transmission to the obser-
of Kiel-similarly designated
n Europe. The Peabody Museum, one
earns from the catalogue, has Just trans
erred the great Serpent Mound for four
cen years in its possession, to the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical So
;fety, and is also engaged in extensive ex-
lorations in Central America. Indeed, al
most all of these museums and laboratories
re centres of exploration or investigation
4 the greatest interest and value.
The pages of the catalogue devoted to
elIowships and scholarships are espe-
tally impressive, as compared with the
arrow funds of the beginning of the
entury. The number OF endowed fell
owships is Al, with an income of S20.s50
he number of scholarships is 215. with |
n income of s47,6so. against I25 in !
$50. with an income of s2S. .l35. This is
n addition to the Price Greenleaf aid, |
mounting to $4,000 year; the bene- |
ciary fund, about $500 annually, and |
he loan fund. about 81, 600. The Edward
.ustin fund, producing some $12, 900 a
ear for fellowships and scholarships. ap- |
cared for the first time in the catalogue
{ last year
Stiii more significant OF the changes Of
century. is the extent of the instruction |
ow given In comparison with the meagre |
rogramme, SO strictly academic" in the !
arrowest sense OF the word. 100 years
go. The list OF courses In this years cata-
,gue. counting only those given under the
ire ction of the faculty of arts and sciences, .
hat is, those offered to students ef the
olleges. the Lawrence Scientific School, !
nd the Gradua;e School, figures DIP 10
500 against little over 300
0 1880. The greatest increases are in :
nglish, history. and political science,
engineering and generally. q
le natural sclences-subjeets. most OF l
hem. unknown to the curriculum of our !
reat srandfathers.
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