The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-06
COLLEGE ATTENDANCE
TO BREAK ALL RECORDS
New England Institutions Unable to
(. Make Room for Many Wish
IND to Enroll


ing to Enroll
y Boston, Sept .6.--The largest enroll
ment in the colleges of the country is
indicated this fall. 1t is expected to
surpass the record breaking attend.
ance OF last year because, in the opin-
Jon of educators. many persons who In
normal industrial times would stay at
bench or desk have decided to 70
back to school and equip themselves
for the professions now that they are
out of work.
Registrations and applications for
admission at New England institutions
OF higher learning have passed the
limits of teaching facilities and dorm
itory accommodations in several in.
stances; in many Of the colleges the
record rolls Of last year were equalled
weeks ahead Of the ouen ng OF the
college year. The conditions among
New Eng and colleges and universities
have been regarded as barometrlc by
educators for years,
Information received by Payson
Smith, Commission OF Education IN
Massachusetts indicates considerable
increase in the number Of prospective
normal school students As an ex-
PLANTATION OF this, Commissioner Smith
said: 1T seems that the interest IN
higher learning is being taken up at
the point where 1t stopped when we
went to war II Is true also, however,
that in any period Of Industrial de-
preston enrolment in higher institu
tions secondary schools and colleges,
is likely TO be increased considerably.
The value of higher education too,
has been impressed on the public
as never before
II CHER living costs and an advance
in tuition fees that Is fairly general,
have no deterrent factors. A stiffen.
ing OF entrance requirements has stay
ed but little the pressure OF young
women and men for admission.
Increased applications probably have
reached h gh-water mark at Dart
mouth Collese. That institution, II is
officially reported, has refused adms.
sion to 1900 persons this fall physical
limitations having made ii necessary
to hold the freshmen class to approx.
mately $50. At Harvard, freshmen
aspirants also constitute small army
and app icat!ons indicate the largest
entering class on record. It would be
no surprise to Harvard authorit es. IL
is officially stated If more than 700
men qualified a. freshmen.
The question of how to house all
these men is perplexing the officials.
The entering class at Yale last
year was 700 and the number is expect
ed to be about the same.
At Brown Univers ty more appli
cations for admission this year than
ever are reported Where 9s3 fresh
men were registered last year. more
than that number of students had
presented adequate credentials for
entrance month before registration
began
Williams Co olege, which last year
had its freshman class. will again
have a registration OF approximately
200. An increased tuition fee has fail.
ed to bring down the recistraton fig
ures at Tuft College. where Presi
dent John A. Cousens said an enter.
ing class in all departments of approx
mately 2lO persons was indicated.
Bowdoin College also is holding the
growth shown last year. with a prob
alb . entering class of 1876 AT Middle.
bury College, waiting list has been
opened for rooms. The freshman
class there will exceed that of last year
by nearly so per cent
Boston University reports that with
some departments yet to open regis
tration 1900 students have signed up
for entering classes. Its College OF
Liberal Arts expects a 20 per cent in.
crease. TIE school of Theology has
stopped enrolment with ll5 men.
the largest entering class on record
President c. d. Gray OF Bates Co.
lege reports that the entering class
will be the largest in the history of
the college, "appreciably larger than
the last which was in its turn the larg.
est class that ever entered Bates
University Of Maine, a month be.
fore its opening, had $50 applications
for admission 10 more than applied
last year. New Hampshire Colleges en-
tering class vii be the largest OF rec
ord according to registrations and ap.
pl cations now in hand. At Rhode
Island State College the outlook is
sa d to be for approximately the same
sized as last year,
At Clark College, where the tuition
was doubled, admissions have equall-
ed those of other years. At Mt Holy.
oke a freshman class of 23O as com.
pared with 2O7 young women last year.
is reported, Smith College, which had
about 500 young women as freshmen
last year. will have class at least as
large, it was stated, with many exam
nations still to be taken,
Simmons College reports that only
limited number of the students who
applied could be admitted because of
lack of room in classes and col ege
houses This year 200 freshmen will
be admitted. Tuition was increased
33 per cent without reducing the mum
Der of applicants