Eighty-three More Students

EIGHTY-THREE MORE STUDENTS
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In the University This Year Than Last
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ALL STATES REPRESENTED
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Also Fourteen Foreign Countries – The Total Attendance Was 3792
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The University of Michigan catalogue for 1903 shows a most satisfactory increase in attendance. According to the proof sheets of the new year book, which will be published in a few days there is a total gain of 83 in the number of students over last year. Professor W. H. Pettee, who has in charge the work of issuing the catalog, made public the figures yesterday and the record for Michigan's great educational Institution is considered an excellent one, when the higher requirements in the professional departments are taken into account.

In 1901-1902 the total attendance was 3.709. This year it is 3,792, or only 8 less than 3,800. This vast body of nearly 4,000 students is proof that Michigan University is gaining in prestige every year in the face of increasing competition with the universities of the west.

The new catalogue gives the literary department 100 graduate students and 1,295 undergraduates, making a total of 1,395. This number is 5 less than last year, an interesting comparison which shows there is a tendency among young people toward the professional colleges of the University.

The great gain of the year was made in the engineering department, where 609 were registered against 489 last year. This is a total increase of 120, a great showing for Michigan's fine partment has an enrollment of 455 against 513 for last year, making a loss of 58, due no doubt to the high requirements here. The law department has 866 students, a gain of 12 over the 854 of last year. In the other departments, the pharmics gained 2, the Homeops gained 14 and the Dents lost 54. This falling off in the dental department was caused by the lengthening of the course.

The grand total for the school year was 3,528 against 3,508 last year. To this is added the attendance at the summer session, 264 in all after eliminating duplicates, as compared with 201 for last year. This gives the summer school a gain of 63 and makes the grand attendance for the year 3,792.

At Michigan this year, every state and possession of the United States, excepting Alaska, was represented. Students are in attendance also from Ontario, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, England, Germany, South Africa, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, India, Jamaica, and Province of Quebec. The six states furnishing the largest number of students are Michigan, 2,114; Illinois, 314; Ohio, 306; Indiana, 165; New York, 158; Pennsylvania, 127.