The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-01
GERMAN UNIVERSITY GROWING.
Law and Political Economy Engage
More Attention.

Consul Britain of Kehl furnishes
statistics of the students attending
German universities. one of the .fea-
lures of which Is that the men are
dropping medicine, while the women
are turning to 1t as profession. The
letter follows:
THE total number of matriculated
students at the various universities in
the empire for the winter term is A.
800, or an increase over the previous
winter of 1874. The number of uni
versity students in 1876 was 1854,
so that the increase over that of 80
years ago is>25,696. At the present
time the Frederick William, in Ber-
lin, leads, with 8,081 students; Munich
has STAT; Leipzig, 1924; Bonn, 2,9OS,
and Halle, 2,025 students. The great
est trend of study, according to statis-
tical tables, is toward the law, 1888
students pursuing that course, against,
only 1875 in 1885. The philosophi-
cal courses are being studied by 9,S19
university men, against 4,1S9 in 1885,
Sc. Medicine has dropped back in in
terest, 6,032 medical students being
registered, whereas the number was
.725 in 1885 and 1893 in 1856.
In mathematics and science the stu
dents increased from 1859 in 1886
to 5,944 in 1866 and students in phar-
macy from 5S7 in 1896 to 1869 in
1906. Evangelical theology was the
course of 4,437 students in 1886,
OF 2.917 students in 1896 and of only
2.1SG students in 1885, Catholic the
ology fares better in educational in
terest. the 1.079 students in 1SS5-S6 in
creasing gradually year by year until
this present winter shows 1,6SO stu
dents. Political economy grows year.
ly in the German mind. $50 univer-
sity students following it in 1886
and 1.121 now. Dentistry claims 75S
students at present, against 306 ten
years ago. Veterinary surgery is
taught at Giessen university. where
SO men were studying it in 1886 and
III men at the present time.
The number of women studying at
the universities OF Baden and Bavaria
and the University of Tuebingen. at
which women are regularly matricu-
lated, amount ito 13S for the present
winter term, 1866. OF this number
SO are enrolled at Munich, AZ at Hell
denberg, IS at Freiburg, at Tuebin-
gen, at Erlangen and 2 at Wuerz-
burg. OF the above, are studying
medicine, So are studying philosophy,
mathematics and science, 3 are study
ing law and political economy.
There are 1,769 women studying at the
various universities in Germany who
are simply registered as visitors. OF
this number, 666 are studying at Ber-
lin. 100 at Bonn, 154 at Breslau. &c
at Freiburg, 80 at Giessen, "a at Goet-
tingen, rs at Halle, 81 at Heidelburg,
"A at Jena. 25 at Kiel. 1O1 at koenlgs-
berg, IL lat Leipzig, is at Marburg.
80 at Munich, 6 at Muenster, 6 at
Rostock, 1877 at Strassburg "a at Tue
bingen and at Wuerzburg.
Consul General Guenther of Frank
fort states that the number of foreign
students at German universities dur
ing the present winter semester is
1866, or S.4 per cent of the total num-
Der of students of 42.39O. Last year
the numbe rwas only 3,O79 and rs per
cent of the total. OF these foreign
students 3,119 are from Europe, 309
from America. 101 from Asia, Is from
Africa and II from Australia. From
the European countries 1926 are from
Switzerland, 159 from England, and
81 from France. OF the foreign STU
dents, 1911 study evangelical theology,
80 Catholic theology, AIT law and state
science, 9S5 medicine, S07 philology
and history, 745 mathematics and ma
tural sciences, chemistry and phar-
macy, % dentistry, 1862 agriculture, II
forestry"