Sectional Representation of Harvard and Yale.

The statistics of the state representations of Harvard and Yale form an interesting basis for comparing the growth of the two universities in recent years and their comparative strength in different sections of the country.

In the table which is appended, the United States is divided into four rough sections which represent the natural divisions of the country. The Northeastern section includes New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; the Southern section, those states south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio river; the Central section is bounded by the Ohio river, Pennsylvania, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi; and the Western section takes in all the states west of the Missippi.

An examination of the figures which give the representation of the Universities in these sections shows an encouraging fact. In each of these Harvard leads Yale by a substantial majority. In the Northeastern section Harvard has a majority of 862; in the Central section, 33; in the Southern, 10; in the Western, 77; and in the foreign section, 25. From these figures it can be safely said that Harvard today is the most cosmopolitan university in the country.

The statistics in detail are these:

Northeastern Section.

Harvard. Yale.

Maine, 85 22

New Hampshire, 74 15

Vermont, 18 26

Massachusetts, 1765 122

Rhode Island, 58 11

Connecticut, 38 685

New York, 317 512

New Jersey, 29 68

Pennsylvania, 90 151

Total, 2474 1612

Central Section.

Ohio, 101 85

Indiana, 21 11

Illinois, 104 102

Michigan, 21 26

Wisconsin, 23 13

Total, 270 237

Southern Section.

Delaware, 10 7

Maryland, 6 20

Dist. of Columbia, 35 21

Virginia, 7 2

West Virginia, 5 3

North Carolina, 6 3

South Carolina, 5 6

Georgia, 4 3

Florida, 3 3

Alabama, 7 0

Mississippi, 4 0

Tennessee, 6 16

Kentucky, 10 14

Total, 108 98

Western Section.

Minnesota, 29 24

Iowa, 30 15

Missouri, 59 48

Arkansas, 2 0

Louisiana, 2 4

Texas, 8 10

Kansas, 15 9

Nebraska, 12 5

South Dakota, 0 2

Colorado, 19 16

Utah, 12 2

New Mexico, 1 3

Montana, 3 5

Idaho, 1 1

Washington, 2 5

Oregon, 4 3

California, 48 18

Total, 247 170

Foreign Countries.

Canada, 24 8

Japan, 8 1

Scattering, 29 27

Total, 61 36