Cosmopolitan U. of P.

From the Harvard CRIMSON: "Harvard is perhaps the most cosmopolitan of American universities, and the number of foreign students has increased rapidly in the last few years. In 1912-13 there were 134 students from 29 foreign countries; two years ago 149 from 31 countries, and last year 185 from 38 countries." Harvard's cosmopolitanism certainly is not measured entirely by the number of foreign students who matriculate there. If it were, we might present a few of our statistics: During the terms of 1913-14 there were 264 foreign students representing 46 foreign countries, and during 1915-16, despite the war, there were 215 foreign students representing 42 foreign countries.

The University is fortunate in having so many foreign matriculates. The men here from other lands are the men, who, in years to come, will be powers in their own countries. They burn with a deep love for their homeland. Their impressions of America and Americans, to a great degree, are acquired here on the campus. We owe it to ourselves, to the University and to the nation, to meet and to know these students who are virtually our guests. We owe it to ourselves, chiefly because we can learn much from them that will broaden our sympathies and understanding. The Pennsylvanian.