The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-06
COLUMBIA'S STUDENT
ARMY MAY Be $4,000
Trustees Find Rush to Cnivcr.
sity Greater Than First
Reported.
NEW GIFTS TOTAL Sio.los

Trustees OF Columbia un,verstv q,
their meeting yesterday. tho first for Oh,
present academic year. announced that
the total registration would probably be
1900. Changes In the faculty and elf,.
totalling s4o.195 were also announced
The registration is probably world,
record.
The registration figures for the dlNrr.
ent schools. with the gain or loss, as com.
pared with last year. are a. follows
College. eos. a gain OF 15s law, '6s
loss OF 1; medicine. 3s3. a gain ~ a..
engineering 40. a loss OF 2oo arrhI'e,.
ture. 10. a loss OF A. music. Z, a Joe,
OF 10: Journalism 1889. a gam of 10
political science LOSE. "A loss OF sum.
mer session. 6, $50. n gain OF .ooo Teach.
ers College. LES, a gain Of 200 Bar
nard. 677. a gain OF TO- pharmacy is3
n gain OF 90. and extension teaching
i,5is. a gain of 900.
Tho big drop In the engineering schools
is explained by the fact that the entrance
requirement Is now an academic dr,roc.
This may also partly explain the Increase
In the college registration, since many
are probably taking advantage ~ ne SIX
year course, which combines tho aca.
demic requirement with the profession
degree in engineering Tho phenomenal
Increase IN the summer session shows 30
Wide POPULARITY Of the courses offered for
the records show that all tho states arc
represented
The gifts reported were as follows
So 900 from Prot rrsd,rlek D.,
physio' ogv: q 500 from Joseph = Chiwh.r-
In for tho legislative drafting bureau
sIcsl research fund. 5000 from " Hsr''ev
bodgc, 1903 for Camp Columbia i-Noo
from an anonymous donor to De '.l' %
college OF Physicians and surgeons, s. $50
from anonymous donors for sdldrle- 10 'he
department OF philosophy tl5'n rom
anonymous donors for the use Of the d,'
partment of pharmacology, NLu'o 'o.u
Jacob H. Schir Tor ne dGpsr,n@nt 81 ~, IA.
Netherlands toward the salary OF tho queen
vi hclmiua lecturer. $500 from Mrs Helen
department OF physics; 1915 from 'h" 49,.
solution ~ National Advertising Managers
for fellowship, 900 from nc "efg.'.'l
i,uRu5Ees. SIS from, James Loeb fo- IN.
pur, base Of books on labor; 500 from I1.eo
neut.ches Huus. aud 500 from the New
Jersey Alumni cub to be app-!cd toward
A valuable collection OF etchngs for
the Dcutsches Haus from Hermann
Struck Of Berlin and 1000 bound volumes
and 1000 unbound volumes relating 20
mathematics and astronomy from the
estate OF the late George w, Hil we're
other gifts.
It was announced that on account 81
having been called to service In tho Ger
man army. the Kaiser Wilhelm professor
designate, D. Theodore Niemeyer OF tho
University OF Kiel, and the professor
designate Of modern languages in Teacher
College. DR. Max Walter Of Frankfort-or
the Main. would not be able TO como 70
Columbia this year.
The Roosevelt professor for the year
Henry W Farnam. OF Yale University,
had returned to America without enter
ing upon his duties az the University 81
Berlin. as on account of the war he had
not been able to reach that city.
on the nomination OF tho University OF
Paris NJ Geouffre do Lapradelle. pro.
fossor OF public law In the University Of
Paris, was appointed visiting French pro-
fessor for the academic year, vice VI Paul
Hazard who was called 10 military ser
vice In France.
Upon the nomination OF the Minister OF
Public Instruction Of Austria Or. Eugene
tho University OF Vienna, was appointed
visiting Austrian professor for tho
academic year
Leave of absence was granted 70 ~
sistdnt Professor Muller of the depart
ment OF romance languages aud 20 N
Maurice Prevot Of tho department -
architecture 10 enable them 10 serve In
the French army