The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-12
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Berlin, "a Accommodation
at most 81 The NrHniversities and
technical lto thSools have been SO
severely 8ed since the war by
Observation-Disclosures that steps are
being suggested for stemming the
rising iperSentage of foreigners. Stu
dents froh abroad are estimated to
constitute rs percent of the registra-
tion.
A leadef in the movement to re-
strict the foreign influx states that in
his lecture room he has noted from
20 to 100 rion-G Germans, made up prin-
cipally Of Bulgarians, Rumanians,
Russians, .Hungarians, Jugoslavs and
South Africans. He declares the
rreparation of these Outsiders" fre-
.uently is insufficient and that their
onduct often "leaves much to be de-
aired." While emphasizing the need
f some curtailmcnt in the enrolment
nd favorng action against foreign
>TS to this end, he observes that eau
ION should be exercised to avoid pol
ijiCal or diplomatic embarrassment
through too stringent procedure.
Enrolment in German universities
IS whole has shown an increase of
. percent since the war and that
cf the technical high schools has
cen more than doubled. Just before
ne war there were 10000 university
,tudents in Germany. At the armis-
ticc the aggregate jumped to 90,-
600. There has since been slight
falling off, the summer of 1921 reg
istcring S7,li7 and the present sem
ester S2,GGS.
Technical high schools Of the coun-
,.y were handling 10000 before the
war. In the autumn of 1920 their
Students numbered 22,976 and last
winter 25.55G.
While the knowledge that the war
resulted in greater greed for learn
ing in the younger generation, rather
than causing decentralization and
frivolous living, has proved Gratify-
ing to the Germans, there is Il dis
turbing factor in that "kultur'
studies have suffered declining fas-
ination. Compared with the figures
for 1914, tn" present statistics for
universities show decreases in the en-
rollments for Evangelical and Cath
ellie theology and for philosophy and
philology. Medicine, the most popu
l..
active, although dentistry students
llve more than doubled and there
has been Il slight increase i'm chcmis-
try. The would-be physicians nny
were 16,O4S.
Political economy heads the list in
the numbers of university students
enrolled and in percentage of gain
over 1919, This branch has 17,714
ut work as compared with 1886 in
he iastSpferwar year. The study of
law comes next with registration
Of 16,S3d, as compared with 9,s4O.
Mathematics and physical science
have attracted 9,257, an increase of
l,125.
In the technical schools the great
est numbess haze flockcd to mechani-
cal cngineerir ul2'"h 8 3O6 now are
studying as compared it'll 3,11s in
1914. Electrical science has 5,120
enrolled, against 1907 before the
war. There arc 3,736 ir mathematics
IL, 81 :. nlcI
and 3,3l1 in constituting engineer
ing, as compared with ! ,5ii and 2,767
respectively. Mining and smelling
have registered gain from SIS to
,234. Architecture, alone, in the
technical schools has ahown decline,
The enrolment dropping f.uu 2,193
to 1911.
OF 23 universities mentioned in
.urrcnt statistics only ruur have
shown smaller enrolment than in
i9l4. This complete list includes
frankfurt, founded in 1874 and now
having 1876 students. and the uni
vcrsitics of Cologne anil Hamburg,
both founded in 1919, VIII Oh have en-
oIments OF 4,lO1 and $500, respec-
itcly. The largest registration is in
he University of Berlin. with 49,
12l as compared with 3, ,j38 in 1914.
Iunich has increased from 6,626 to
1881 and Leipzig from $3.50 to $500.
Of the four having moro than 1000
@tudents before the war, only Bonn
suffered a decrease from 1924 to
1910. WuerzburG had the greatest
percentage of Increase, its enroll
mCnt rising from l,Gu5 10 3.3O7
Farmers and mental workers, cs-