The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-22
lore THAN 800 To
'G8ADUAIE FROM
j. OF N.
About ITO Girls Will Get Diplomas
From Literary Department
This Branch VIII Gradu-
ate $40 In All.
ENROLMENT This Year Shows 1855
Came From All Parts of World
81 To Study. ..
BY ALFRED J. PITTS.

ANN ARBOR. Micn., June 2l.-
a More than 500 students will receive
diplomas from the University OF Mich
fQan this season. The 'arger number
OF girls who will say farewell TO the
university have been enrolled in the
literary department This branch
will graduate more students than any
other department OF the college. About
three hundred and forty diplomas VIII
be issued there, and half Of the for
tunate ones will be girls, who have
fitted themselves as school teachers
and for other branches of endeaYor'
The. enrolment al the university
this semester, which closes formally
With the commencement exercises
NEXT week, contains 1888 names,
against 5,223 the preceding year.
Twenty-eight hundred and thirty-two
students live In Michigan. while the
others come from all parts OF the
United States and foreign countries.
Ohio, with 433; New York with 4S2.
+ Illinois with 254. Indiana with Isl,
and Pennsylvania with lS3, send the
largest representations. Practically
every state in the union is represent
! ed. Arizona, Nevada and New Hamp-
shire sending four students each.
4 Those who come from the foreign
countries. for the most part, study In
q the literary and engineering depart
ments. Ontario leads with 20 SUI
dents while China has II, Japan nine.
Germany six and England. Cuba, In
dia and Mexico three each. About hf-
teen other nations send students, the
map extending as far south as New
/ Zealand, with one representative and
as far north as New Brunswick which
i also has one student.
Scores CT boys and girls, who have
ended their examinations. are leaving
Ann Arbor for their homes. There
they will hear whether they have pass
ed and are 10 receive diplomas or ad-
vance In the classes next season
There are some students who will
sf1unk'-both girls aud boys, but pro
fessors Of the different departments
think that the number who may fai
or be conditioned win not exceed ter
per cent. Those whose studies have
not been up to the standard, though
Z can continue their work In the sum
mer session and be repaired to keel
apace with their companions when tn.
( next semester begins IN the fail
Dean Reed, OF the literary depart
ment of the university, says the girls
stand. shoulder to shoulder with the
boys as scholars. This is proven by
the number of graduates from that de
partment. Of the $40 who will get
\ diplomas half will he girls. When the
girls come to the university they
~knuckle down" and study. While
\ some may not be as able leaders when
a big problems are 70 be discussed and
4 solved, says Dean Reed, large per
centage OF them hold their own with
! the boys. Dean Reed made a TRIP
I west last spring and saw many wo
men graduates from the university
who had entered the practice OF law
\ and medicine and othe- professions
and were making marks for them
selves.
The law department, over which
Dean Hutctins, who is also acting
/ president OF the university has pre-
sided for a long time, will graduate
about 300 this season. according 10 an
estimate made by Prof. Hall. the reg
istrar OF the university One hundred
and sixty-hve students will say fare
well TO the engineering department
The number Of graduating dentists Il
placed at about fifty.
The commencement exercises will
begin next Sunday with the delivery
OF The baccalaureate sermon. They
will continue till Thursday.