ALL COLLEGES SUFFERED HEAVY LOSS OF STUDENTS

With final registration figures completed, the colleges and universities throughout the country show a substantial decrease in the number of students attending due to the influence of war. In the universities, the graduate schools record the greatest losses with the exception of the medical schools which alone have in general shown an increase in enrolment. Many of the western co-educational universities show a nearly normal registration owing to the great increase of women students over last year. Several of the western institutions have also made a great effort to bring undrafted students back to their studies and they anticipate an increase in registration after the close of the harvest season. Reports of college registration indicate that the entering class is, in nearly every case, of normal size, but that the upper classes have suffered heavily. In a few cases the loss in the upper classes is offset by an exceptionally large freshman class.

From a financial point of view the decrease in registration has placed some institutions, especially those deriving a large part of their revenue from dormitories, in a serious situation, to offset which emergency funds have in many cases been raised by alumni.

Registration figures at the University show that a total of 2883 students are enrolled in the various departments. Compared with the enrolment of the previous year this is a loss of 1875 men or approximately 40 per cent. For the college, the decrease in the number enrolled is 33 per cent, the total now being 1637.

Yale, with an enrolment of about 2000, shows a loss of 1300 students. All departments excepting the Medical School report a large decrease in attendance, especially the college, which dropped from 1502 students to about 800.

The registration of 844 undergraduates at Princeton represents a decrease of 565 from last year's enrolment, or nearly 40 per cent.

Columbia has suffered a loss of about 2500 students according to registration figures at the university. The college shows but a slight loss owing to a large entering class.

The smaller Eastern institutions have also been considerably depleted. The total enrolment at Dartmouth is something over 900 as compared with approximately 1500 a year ago. The opening of-New Hampshire College has been postponed because so many students are working on farms.

Brown University reports a total loss of 37 per cent, with 554 students registered.

Figures from Haverford, Clark, and Pennsylvania State show a depleted registration in the upper classes.