Evening star., 1922-07-19
AFTER-WAR rush
SWAMPS SCHOOLS
German Institutions Crarnp'
ed for Room, Due Largely
to Foreign Enrolment. =
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 25.--Accommodation
at most of Germany's universities and
technical high schools have been 20
severely cramped since the war by
increasing enrollments that steps
are being suggested for stemming
the rising percentage of foreigners
Students from abroad are estimated
to constitute % per cent of the reg
istration.
strict the foreign influx states that
I'm his lecture. room he has noted
from fifty to one-hundred non-Ger-
mans, made up. principally OF Bui-
Earians. Rumanians. Russians. Hum
garians, Jugloslays and South Afri :.
cans He declares the preparation Of
these outsiders" frequently IL insult
ficient and that their conduct often
leaves much to be desired While
emphasizing the need of some curtail-
ment in the enrolment and favoring
action against foreigners to this end.
he observes that caution should be eX-
erctsed to avoid political or diplo-
matte embarrassment throughs too
stringent procedure.
Increase Of 80 Per Cent. ..
Enrolment in German universities
as a whole has shown an increase OF
80 per cent since the war and that
Of the technical high schools has
been more than doubled. just before
the war there were $4,000 university
students in Germany. At the arm
istice the aggregate jumped to 90.-
900. There has since been a slight
falling off. the summer of 1921 reg
istering s7.147 and the present Sc
mester, S2.66S.
country were handling 10000 before
the war. In the autum of 1920 their
students numbered 22.s76 and last
winter 25,556.
While the knowledge that the war
resulted In greater greed for learn
ing in the younger generation, rather
than causing Decentralization and friv-
olous living, has proved gratifying TO
the Germans, there is disturbing
factor in the .'kultur" studies have
pared with the figures for 1914. the
present statistics for universities
show decreases in the enrollments for
evangelical and Catholic theology
and for philosophy and philology.
Medicine, the most popular in 1918.
also has proved less attractive. al
though dentistry students have more
than doubled and there has been a
slight increase in chemistry the
would-be physicians now number
1910. whereas In 1914 there were
16,04s.
Political economy heads the list in
the numbers of university students
enrolled and in percentage of gain
over 1914. This branch has 1I.714 at
work, as compared with 1885 In the
last pre-war year. The study OF law
comes next with reEistrat%on TX % oi
1884, as compared with 9.S4O. Maine
mi atics and physical science have at
tracted 9,257. an increase of 1.l25.
In the technical schools the great
est number have focked to mechan-
ical engineering. which s.3o6 now are
studying. as compared with sis IN
1914. Electrical science has o. ~ en-
rolled, against 1907 before the war.
There are 3.735 in mathematics and
physical science in these schools and
3.al1 in constructing ens,neeeTrinne' a Tsn rss as
spectively Mining and smelling have
registered a gain from 5'6 to LIS;
Architecture. alone. In the technlcai
schools has shown a decllne, tne
enrolment dropping from 2,ls3 to
1,S11.
Less Enrolment in Four.
OF twenty-three universities men
toned in current statistics only 1ouI
have shown a smaller enrolment
than in 1914 This list includes
Frankfurt. founded in 49, ana snd nov nov
versitfes Of Cologne and hamours lamp I
rollments of 4.1o7 and $3.50. respec-
lively. The largest registration ~ IN
the University of Berlin, with IL, ia,
as compared with s.53S in 1914. Mu.
mich has Increased from 6.s2s to s,9st
and Leipsig from $500 to $3.50. OF
the four having more than 1000 stu
dents before the war. only Bonn suf-
fered a decrease-from 1924 to 1910.
wuerzburg had the greatest percent
age of increase. is enrolment rising
from 1605 to 1907