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The University Calendar, fo i89o-'9i, has been printed and wil be issued sometime next week. A review of it reveáis a marked ad vancement in all departments of the University. Last year the list o: professors, lecturers, instructors and assistants numbered 117; this year there are 136. The number of nonresident lecturers this year is large and includes Justice Brown, of the U. S. Supreme Court, Prof. Langley, of Pittsburgh, Dr. Marshall D. Ewell, of Chicago, Justice Maxwell, of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, Dr. James L. High, of Chicago, Hon. Carroll D. Wright, of Washington and Prof. E. R. A. Seligman, of Columbia College. This is the largest list of eminent men the University has ever had as lecturers. The librarles contained, Sept. 30, 1890, in the aggregate, 74,599 volumes, 14,907 unbound pamphlets and 571 maps, an increase of 4,558, 281 and 55 respectively for the past year. No large additions were made as in some of recent years. The requirements for admission to the Literary Department remain practically unchanged, the only changes being in some of the textbooks suggested for preparation. There has been a very large increase in the number of diploma schools. There are 82 this year while last year there were only 69 schools vvhose diplomas admitted to the University without examination. Two or three have dropped out since 1889-90, and a few have advanced so as to pr epare for all the courses. The increase this year is confined almost exclusively to those schools which prepare for all the courses and is as follows: Harvard School, Chicago; Kansas City, Mo.; Marquette; Orchard Lake; Muskegon; Albion; Caro; Hillsdale; Cedar Rapids; Vassar; St. Paul, Minn.j University School, Chicago; Vermont Academy, Vermnnf . The courses offered in the Literary Department have been largely increased in almost every subject. This is due to the demand for variety and to the increased facilities for teaching, since many of the departments have been provided with additional teaching forcé. A new departure has been made in the establishment of the department of Comparative Philology under Dr. Fay. The languages now offered are Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Assyrian, French, Italian, Spanish, Germán, Gothic, Swedish and Danish-Norwegian . The new requirements for entrance to the Medical Department which will be in force in 1892 includes English, Mathematics, the fundamental parts of Algebra, plane Geometry, Physics, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, General History and Jones' First Latin Book. The honorary degrees granted at last Commencement were as follows: A. M., Henry Brooks Baker and Prof. A. A. Stanley; Ph. D., Mrs. L. H. Stone; M. D., Prof. W. H. Howell; LL. D., Austin Blair, exgovernor of Michigan. The whole number of ordinary degrees granted last Commencement was 555, the largest in the history of the U. of M. and the largest. ever granted in any American college. The number of students coming from the different states is of especial interest. There are from Michijan, 1,162 students; Illinois, 282; Ohio, 205; Indiana, 113; Pennsylvania, 84; New York, 84; Iowa, 75; Missouri, 31; California, 30; Minnesota, 28; Wisconsin, 27; Kansas, 26. Nebraska, 24: Utah, 22; Colorado, 21; Kentucky, 16; Massachusetts, 14; Washington, 11. The other states and territories send smalle numbers. Twelve foreign countries send 67 students, Ontario sending 37, and Japan 15. The other countries represented are England, New Brunswick, Porto Rico, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Ireland, Mexico, Sweden, Syria, and Turkey. The attendance during the past few years has been as follows: 1887-88 1,867 1888-89 i,8S2 1889-90 2,153 1190-91 2,416 The Calendar has 256 pages, and, although it is much more condensed in some parts than its predecessors, it is the largest calendar ever published here. The volume is thickêr than usual owing to a lighter and thicker paper being used. The Register Company has the contract for jublishing and has done eood work.