II.-COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. The number of colleges and universities in the United States is constantly increasing, and this year the number reporting to this Office is larger than ever before. The general plan of presenting the statistics of these institutions does not differ from the plan followed in the preceding report. Table 3 presents the statistics, somewhat condensed, of a group of institutions which, together with certain of the State universities, Table 4, approach more nearly to the idea of true universities than any other institutions in the country. Nearly all of them provide fellowships, two-thirds of the entire number of fellowships belonging to such foundations being owned by them. They are also liberally provided with scholarships and productive funds, at least 43 per cent. of the total amount of productive funds reported by colleges and universities being possessed by these institutions. *200, 000| *850, 000,*43, 000 *17, 000*63, 000 153 343, 318 750,000 3,000, 000 6, 705, 046 332, 102 282, 433 722, 410 268, 937 512 36 102, 760 422, 207 930, 736 4, 528, 351 276, 336 38, 475 329, 811 111 100,000 549, 463 1, 530, 000 6, 668, 966 566, 494 148, 463 725, 885 "School of Political 92 80,000 261, 500,2, 121, 003, 1, 469, 930 78, 463 146, 317 224, 780 120, 789 "School of Biology" re 31 13,500 85,000 700,000 980, 000 63, 000, 38, 500,101, 500. porting 37 students. "College of Music" re- 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 c Includes 16 instructors in the preparatory department. ? 1 |