New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-07
COLUMBIA LEADS
In NUNIBERSAGAM
1875 Students at Uniyer.
sity-Big Gifts Are
Announced

Columbia again takes It's pl.e. =.
the largest university in the world a.
cording TO the official registratio, a.
ures reviewed yesterday By the ,,n.
tees and announced by the seer...,.
The total Of students on Noy.nh.,
1915. was 1915. This figure ipel,A..
the summer session and all oth., 4.
partments Of the university.
Gains in registration are no..a /.
most Of the schools. Counting An, 4,
record breaking enrolment Of las,,.-
mer, there are now 1872 per,o,. :.
tending the university. Il is pr.dI...,
that with the additional student. -
will register for the second h.lf.,...
the number will reach 10000.
A comparison of the figures givc
yesterday with those Of yer, =.
shows n gain Of 1853 student, :.
lumbia College has 1924 student. :.
rolled this fall-nesrly double n. -,
lstration Of only few years 40.
large increase is also noted in ~
tension teaching department. VA.
has this year 5,346 students. sg,;s..
f,2S5 last fall. The first year a. ~.
School of Business opened with a ~.
dents. with % others in the eoli.s.
scheduled to enter IL in two v..,'
Teachers College shows an incrss..
from 1872 70 2,l4l, while Barnard
jumped from 500 TO 500.
A falling off in registration va. no..I
in the School OF Law. the GraSp,,.
Faculties. the School OF Archit,c,n,.
and the College of Pharmacy. This /.
attributed 10 some extent TO the II.
crease in fees which went into eese,
this year.
President Nicholas Murray Butl.,
presented his annual report 70 -.
trustees. but IL was stated at the upl.
versity last night that this would nd,
be made public until next week.
An anonymous gift OF $4,000 "a.
announced for the Columbia Dent,i
School. TO be applied toward the 81.
000. 900 fund being sought.
Other gifts announced were:
the cost o. maintaining during he curr,nt r,ss-,.
year the first surgical division a. Bellevue Ho<ofs
IN accordance with an arrangement recertiy sr>-,.
into.
$3.50 from Ms Heller Harley ynlt.s .,
equipment for the Marcelus HartleJ Rstss--,
Laboratory and the Radio Lah0rs'0fy
81 200 from the Association Of The Aiunni 4 q.
iumbia College for tho Eainienance o. sp~s,l
scholarships IN Columbia College Tor re seassc'.
year 1921.
81 900 from DR.. y s. Jenhrs toward De ecs.,.
mcnt n the proposed dental school.
$500 from Henry M0reerfhag. 70 be add % q.
Agricultural Education Fund.
$3.50 from Mn Herman Frss-h. 70 b sppli-l
toward the tuition fee q a designated sutsct 4
chemical en- ginecring
$3.50 from William Hamlta Chlds iosud n. u
pense o. the course In extension teaching o. girt
cal penal problems.
5000 from Mortimer T.. sohiH toward ,hs .sp~-.
o. the course In extension teaching On pfl-it
pensl problems
500 from Russell Perkins. to be stded % q.
poli0myell;is research fund
. 500 from Henry Hardness Fisgler toward re o.
pense Of a coach FOR the student orchetu fos u
academic year l9l6-lT
800 from the Columhis Menorah Society for n
award IN l9l6-'E n Prize 'of ne ~ esssy b
member Of the university on a subject dealing ar
literature. history or achievements o, the Jsss
people.
A valuable collection q medical sppsrtta a..
Specimens from DR.. Gofhsm Bacon, former pdso
OF GEOLOGY.