Evening star., 1934-12-16
COLLEGE ROLLS
NEAR OLD PEAK.
Almost Million Young Men
and Women Now
Students.
nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press'
CINCINNATI, Ohio, December Is
College enrolment in the United
states now is only slightly below that
of the prosperity plateau Of half
dozen wears ago." DR.. Raymond Wal
tiers, president of the University OF
Cincinnati, reported today in his an
nual survey.
Attributing some of the increase to
business recovery, DR.. Walters SAID
full-time college enrolment Is 5 per
cent above last year, while freshman
registration has increased IA per cent.
Almost q million young men ana wom-
en- now are students in the Nations
colleges and universities, he said.
DR.. Walters is chairman OF the
Committee on Standards Of the Amer
ican Council Of Education, inspector
of institutions for the Association OF
American Universities and an author
ity on American college organization.
His survey is made annually Tor
School and Society, educational
periodical.
Enrolment in SGT institutions re-
porting was 655,725 full-time students
on November /, he said. Part-time
and Summer school registration dur
ing the year sent the figure to 978,-
632 enrolled in 104 universities, BAT
colleges of arts and sciences, and 116
technical schools.
Small Schools Not Counted.
The list, moreover, does not include
normal schools or junior colleges.
The increase over last year, DR.. Wal
ters said, may be explained "as being
due somewhat to student aid by the
Federal Emergency Relief Administra-
ton; somewhat to the difficulty high
school graduates have in finding jobs
these days; somewhat to improved
economic conditions in certain Sec
tions of the country; somewhat to the
persistent faith of American fathers
and mothers that higher education will
benefit their children so that they
make sacrifices to send them to COL
lege."
LAS to full-time students generally"
he said, there are reports Of some
what improved financial capacity, as
represented in fewer applications for
installment payments of tuition and
notes payable after graduation"
Better financial conditions in parts
of the West are indicated in the strik-
ing percentage gains in student en-
rollment there, he said.
DR.. Walters report notes an increase
In the number Of students turning to
practical courses Of study and to
studies in publicly-owned institutions.
OF 563 institutions reporting with
figures comparable with those Of last
year, he listed IS universities under
public control with 1873 more full
time students than last year, while 40
universities under private control re-
ported an increase of only 2,166.
155,212 Freshmen Listed.
Altogether, 487 institutions reporting
In the fields of liberal arts, engineer
ing, commerce and agriculture listed
1922 freshmen, or IA per cent more
than in 1888. OF them, 112.106 chose
liberal arts, gain of 9.8 per cent, but
engineering, with &C, ,283 freshmen, shot
up 20.5 per cent; commerce, chosen by
1888 freshmen, recorded a gain Of
6,270 freshmen selecting, gained 48.3
per cent.
Calling student enrolment "a sig
nificant index of economic conditions" 4"
DR.. Walters pointed particularly to
gain Of 159 per cent in ~ approved
institutions In Wyoming, Idaho, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Mon
tana and Nevada as indicative Of re-
covery. The division composed of Tex
as, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisi-
ana placed next with gain of 1874
per cent.
Little change in the standing Of the
largest schools Of the Nation was re-
corded, however. In all-resident stu
dents, New York University ranked
first with 1852; City College Of New
York, second with 27,248; Columbia,
third with 25,770, and California,
fourth with 21,210.
Distribution by States.
Distribution of the 655, tbs full-time
students follows:
DIVISION AND STATE INSTITUTIONS
FULL-TIME STUDENTS.