The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-05
s,571 STUDENTS AT THE "U.'
New Catalogue Shows Largest Attend
ance in History of the University OF
Wisconsin,


ance in History of the University Of
Wisconsin.
The catalogue of the University OF
Wisconsin now in press shows that
the attendance this year is the largest
in the history of the institution. The
total number of students enrolled in
all departments is 3,571, an increase OF
229 over that of last year. In the past
five years the attendance has IN
creased 81 per cent. and in the dec
ade from 1896 to 1906 the. attendance
has more than doubled, for in 1896
there were LIP students, and in 1906
8 ,571, an increase of 1859, or 10S per
cent.
The statistics in the new catalogue
show that "A per cent of the students
are enrolled in the college Of letters
and science. The total attendance in
that college this year is 1879, an in
crease of 103 over that of the last
year, or about z per cent Of this mum
Der 222 are in the commerce course;
X in the. course for normal graduates
and 80 in pharmacy. There is an In
crease OF IL per cent in the attendance
of graduates of normal schools who
are completing their courses in the
university, The number of graduate
students in the college of letters and
science has increased from 113 to IA
The total number of graduate students
in all departments this year is 158, as
against 14S last year.
The statistics of attendance show
that the college Of agriculture has
had the largest growth of any depart
ment in the university The total en-
rollment of agricultural students this
year is 628, an increase Of 102, or 1873
per cent The most marked growth is
in the four-years' course in agricul
ture, which has increased from 80 last
year to 1876, a growth of 70 per cent
The dairy course has 1853 students
this year against 1876 last year, an in
crease of 20.7 per cent. The short
course in agriculture had an enroll
ment of 1922 this year, the largest III
the history of the course. There have
been graduate students in the col
lege Of agriculture during the present
year, making the total attendance in
all courses in agriculture and dairy
ing 628.
The number of students attending
the university during the summer
session, which includes under gradu
ates, graduates, teachers and engi
neers, was 528. an increase of 125, OF
81 per cent. There were 295 under
graduates and teachers, and increase
Of sos per cent. The number of grad
uate students grew from "A to 125, an
increase of $50 per cent. This is par
ticularly significant, since it shows
that many of the graduates of the uni
versity who are engaged in teaching
return to their alma mater during the
summer to take advanced work and
secure additional training for their
chosen profession. The school of ap
prentices and artisans had an enroll
ment during the past year of 90, and
the summer dairy course of 16.
The whole number of freshmen this
year is 813, the largest class that ever
entered the university. 1t is interest
ing to note that the freshman class
this year contains more students than
were in attendance in the entire uni
versity in 1890. The sophomore class
has 667 members, and the Junior class
561. The graduating class this year
numbers 457, the largest that has ever
gone forth from the university in a
single year. Of the senior class 27a
are in the college of letters and
science, 113 in the college of engineer
ing, II in the college OF agriculture, 46
in law, Is in music, % in commerce,
in pharmacy and 50 in the course for
normal graduates.