Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-22
ENROLMENT IN
UN|vE RS|T|ES
BREAKS RECORDS
All the Large Institutions,
Except One, Find Attend
ance Increased; Some
Lack Facilities,

New York, Oct. 21.-Despite ar
guments as to whether there should
be established an "aristocracy OF
brains" and admission to colleges
and universities thus be limited,
the proletariat still appears deter.
mined to get either an education, a
frat pin or football letter.
At all events, reports from lead
ing colleges throughout the coun-
try show a record breaking attend
aaee everywhere this fall. Fresh
man classes are larger, and total
enrolment at practically all col
leges shows an increase.
AT Columbia university, in the
heart of New York city, 1000 stu
dents are enrolled. The University
of Pennsylvania reports $4,000.
Harvard opened its two hundred
eighty-seventh year with the largest
number in its history, a total OF
2,710 students being enrolled in the
liberal art department and more
than six thousand in the institution
as a whole.
Decrease at Dartmouth
Dartmouth, whose president ad-
vocates the "aristocracy of brains,
shows slight decrease in its total
enrolment, the mental aristo-
Gratis" there totaling 2,026. The
freshman class has a membership
of 54S, picked from a total of $500
applicants.
Princeton, Yale and others of the
larger colleges report increases.
In the middle west increases In
enrolment are reported from prac-
tically all colleges. Chicago uni
versity reports a total of more'than
six thousand. All records have
been broken at the University OF
Illinois with total enrolment OF
S,352, an increase of about three
hundred over last year. At North.
western university an increase OF
five hundred students, bringing the
total to nine thousand, has made
necessary the limiting of the prepa-
ratory liberal arts department to
two thousand men and women
University of Iowa reports q boost
of $50, making the total seven
thousand and necessitating emer-
gency adjustments to accommodate
them.
A 10 per cent increase at the
University Of Nebraska has caused
demands on the state legislature
for an adequate program OF expan-
sion for the future. Marquette uni
yersity received such an avalanche
OF students that difficulty was ex-
perieneed in making out schedule
of classes. Depauw university mas
three thousand students, or four
hundred more than last year. The
universities of Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota all report mod
crate and normal growth" with
some shifting Of program needed
for the incoming hordes OF fresh
men.
Many Glasses Too Large
In the far west it has already be.
come necessary to limit the size OF
classes In the larger universities
The University Of California en-
rolled 5000 in curricula leading
Ito degrees. compared to 14,4o0 last
wear. This increase was wholly IN
the graduate and professional
schools. :,
MANY classes are still too large
said James Sutton, recorder OF the
university, "but the period OF ap'
normal increase apparently Is over
and there are signs that the institu'
ton is approaching wholesome
equilibrium. There are now TWEEN
ty-five junior colleges In California
supported wholly or in part pS
state funds, and this has appreci'
ably relieved pressure on the state
university"
AT Leland Stanford, Jro univers'