37 per cent of the sum total of pupils, though these cities have only 23 per cent of the population of the Grand Duchy. The population of the United States is about thirty-six times greater than that of Baden; hence we ought to have 39,368 children under reformatory training, taking the number Baden represents as a criterion, while actually we have only 20,201, according to the statistics offered in the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1893-94. These 20,201 children cost the States (in 1893) $2,562,411, which is $126.85 per capita, cost of permanent improvements for grounds and buildings not counted. The per capita in Baden was $19.10 in 1893. This enormous difference is explained by the foregoing facts. STATISTICS OF GERMAN, AUSTRIAN, AND SWISS UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICA, AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY, FORESTRY, AND MINING ACADEMIES. The statistical data concerning German universities offered in the following tables are based upon official publications for the two semesters quoted, namely, the winter semester of 1894-95 and the summer semester of 1895. The Lyceum Hosianum in Braunsberg has not been included, inasmuch as the characteristics of a university are wanting there; it comprises only a theological faculty. The data concerning the agricultural school in organic connection with the university of Bonn do not reveal a separate number of students; this, however, is a mere trifle. The data concerning the polytechnical and other professional schools are based upon direct information furnished by the officials of these institutions. It was somewhat difficult to state the totals correctly, since the course of study in these institutions varies considerably, some leaning more toward mechanical engineering, others toward other branches of technology. The statements concerning the number of foreigners among the students of technological universities are not complete, although it would be particularly interesting to compare the attendance of foreign students in these institutions with that in universities. Irregularities and peculiarities in the employment of professors and the attendance of students are stated in footnotes to each table. The tables are compiled by the editor of the Academische Revue, published in Munich. (No. 16, vol. 2, pp. 200–212.) |