New-York tribune., 1922-07-11
Registration at Summer
Sessions Of Both Uniyer-
sites Breaks Records;
Many Women Attending
Famous Educators Here
Dean Roscoe Pound of Har-
ward Law School Among
Columbia Instructors

visitors arrived ng iu' He"N'Ne' N
ing from all quarters in quest OF knoWi-
edge.
Mornlnrsidc Heights, newly rid OF
i.s students. echoed with the voices Of
another and more varied multitude.
Thick as fies in corridors and on the
campus they gathered from far and
near Cor the twenty-third summer ses-
sion Of Columbia University session
that PROMISES 20 break al records
BY the close OF yesterday lo'ooO
sfudents Of an ages were registered
ersv heads and bobbed fappers alike.
lt vas only the fourth day Of registra-
tion. with more 10 come. During the
corresponding period last year S''b7
students had registered Registrar
Edward J. Grant said last night that
the total registration viii exceed
12.O00. Last years total was 1850.
Inward OF $500 students enrolled in
the university gymnasium yesterday'
where registration will continue to-day.
The FIRST three days Of enrolment were
,e~ord. breakers. the total being 1855,
sssesinst B.ssl In 1921. This increase,
fbe registrar explained, was due In
mart 10 a shifting Of the registration
nerlod which previously began earlier
a,d Afforded the students moro time
An which 10 register before their classes
cot under way. The result was 20 con-
eentrate the registration.
Nations Interest Quickens
Allowing for this condition. tho sum
roer school authorities said yesterday
thev werc sure that the attendance
will outstrip anything in the past. The
growing numbers of summer students
who resort 20 Columbia, they pointed
out. Is evidence Of a quickening na.
tonal interest In education among all
classes. The Columbia summer sen
son began its existence in 1900 with
on attendance OF AT. This years
army represents on increase IN the
neignbornood Of 1900 per cent
At the start relatively few courses
were given and the teaching staff was
small. with tho classes that got nm
der wav Yesterday more than 1000
courses are offered, embracing practi-
caliy the entire range Of elementary
intermediate and higher education.
Hundreds Of instructors, including
scholars Of international distinction,
are row giving instruction. They in
clude such men as Dean Roscoe Pound,
- the Harvard Law School, who, with
rrofossor John Dewey and Professor
Walter W. Cook, is directing special
conferences in Jurisprudence,
Many Women Attending
n is noticeable this year that women
form q preponderant part Of the stu
dent body and that the teaching STAFF
has a large percentage OF the femi-
nine element. Teachers from schools
all over the country are enrolled in
increased numbers Most Of them are
working for higher degrees, and In
many cases their tuition and other
expenses are devsyed by the school
boards Of the towiN and cities in which
they teach. Professional workers and
students aiming 10 expedite their col
logc work also are present IN large
numbers.
with the descent Of the summer
colony the university dormitories are
full to ovorhowirg and thousands Of
students arc finding quarters In near
hy apartment houses. The shops in
the neighborhood arc preparing them
selves for a busy six weeks and the
restaurants are already taxed TO
capacity.
The sumner session was formally in
auguratcd yesterday with chapel ox-
ercises az s a. m. Chaplain Raymond
c. Knox presided. Professor John j.
Coss, director Of the summer session,
will take charge Of the services TO-
day.
Large Increase at y. Y. L.
At New York University. which
"a.
sion yesterday. the enrolment so far
is 5000, an increase Of 1000 over last
year. Registration Of late comers,
most Of them from out Of town, con-
tinued throughout the day ~ all four
centers Of the university's summer
school
Most OF the 250 courses offered this
year are being given al the College Of
Arts and the College Of Engineering at
University Heights. Commerce and
business courses are conducted az the
Wall Street division, 90 Trinity Place,
and at Washington Irving High School.
Music courses are being given al
Riverdale Country School.
In welcoming the summer students
at a meeting held yesterday morning
In Gould Memorial Library at Univer-
sity Heights, Dean John W Withers,
NIffEtOI OF lNt summer cNHN"tf ieit
stress on the work that Is TO be done
this year in instructing students IN
international. national and municipal
affairs. A series Of lectures has been
arranged. dealing with these subjects.
They will be conducted by specialists.
The FIRST lecture in the international
series will be delivered tomorrow
morning at Gould Memorial Library by
Professor Milton L. Loomis on the re-
suits achieved by the Washington Con-
ference on Disarmament.
In a series OF educational confer
ences participated in by school execu-
tives from all parts Of the country,
Dean Withers will be assisted by DR..
Thomas +. Finegan, State Superintend-
ent Of Education Of Pennsylvania; DR..
A. B. Meredith, Connecticut state Com
missioner Of Education. Or. William l..
Fttnger. OF New YORK; Or. Herbert ).
West, Of Rochester, and Dr. Frank
Ballau, Of Washington.
Free Concerts Each Week
Concerts under the direction Of Will
liam Lyndon Wright will be held each
Thursday night throughout the six
weeks Of the summer school. They
will be given at University Heights
and will be free 70 the public.
While college students were settling
down 20 work yesterday, the younger
BOYS and girls were enrolling rapidly
for summer high school courses. All
grades Of both academic and CONNER
cial work will be given in these eight
week courses. each OF which requires
enc hours' attendance every day. Stu