Munich
Darmstadt

Karlsruhe.

Berlin..

Dresden.

Hanover

Number of foreign students in German universities-Continued.

Aix la Chapelle.

Stuttgart

Brunswick

Total..

NOTES.-The figures in both tables do not include the foreign nonmatriculated students, whose number is considered fully as large. They are usually students of special branches only. The number of foreign students in agricultural, forestry, mining, veterinary, and commercial colleges was 864 in 1902,

In 1902 Austria had 1,936 foreign students in its universities: Switzerland, 2.491.
United States contribute from 22 to 25 per cent of the foreign students in Germany.

HIGHER COMMERCIAL EDUCATION.

In Chapter XXV of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1901 was given a statement concerning the courses in commerce offered by the universities and colleges of the United States. Since the publication of that article information has been received of the establishment of similar courses in three additional institutions. The courses offered are as follows:

STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

The school of political and social science was established in 1900 and offers fouryear courses of study in commerce, in administration, and in statistics, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Philosophy. The studies of the freshman and sophomore years in these courses are the same as in the general course in political and social science. Specialization should begin in the junior year, and the work prescribed for the junior and senior years in the courses mentioned is as follows:

Course in commerce.

[The figures indicate the number of hours per week.]

JUNIOR YEAR.

First semester.-Modern industrialism, 3; currency and banking, 3; taxation, 2; elementary law, 3; elective, 4 or 5.

Second semester.-Corporation finance, and accounting, 3; public finance, 3; transportation, 2; commercial law, 3; elective, 4 or 5.

SENIOR YEAR.

First semester.-Theory and technique of statistics, 3; distribution of wealth, 2 international law, 2; modern history, 2 or 3; elective, 6 or 5.

Second semester.-Economic and social statistics, 3; social legislation, 2; commerce and consular service, 2; colonial government, 2; elective, 6 or 5.

Course in administration.

[The figures indicate the number of hours per week.]

JUNIOR YEAR.

First semester.-Principles of American government, 3; local government, 2; theory and technique of statistics, 3; modern history, 2 or 3; elective, 5 or 4.

Second semester.-Political parties, 3; colonial government, 2; public finance, 3; modern history, 2 or 3; elective, 5 or 4.

SENIOR YEAR.

First semester.-Elementary law, 3; administrative law, 2; introduction to sociology, 3; international law and diplomacy, 2; elective, 5.

Second semester.-Constitutional law, 3; administrative law, 2; social amelioration, 3; legal history, 2; elective, 5.

Course in statistics.

[The figures indicate the number of hours per week.]

JUNIOR YEAR.

First semester.-Business organization, 3; theory and technique of statistics, 3; analytics and calculus, 2; political economy, 3 or 2; elective, 4 or 5.

Second semester.-Corporation finance and accounting, 3; economic and social statistics, 3; analytics and calculus, 2; public finance, 3 or 2; elective, 4 or 5.

SENIOR YEAR.

First semester.-Advanced statistics, seminary work, 3; theory of probabilities, 2; administrative law, 2; American history, 3; elective, 5.

Second semester.—Advanced statistics, seminary work, 3; theory of probabilities, 2; administrative law, 2; American history, 3; elective, 5.

OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

The literary commerce course extends through four years and leads to the degree of bachelor of science. The entrance requirements for this course are the same as those for admission to any one of the other courses. The course of study is as follows:

LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY, APPLETON, WIS.

The course in commerce was established in 1902. It extends through four years, and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. The candidate must complete satisfactorily during his course the following term-hours of prescribed work: Modern languages, 36; history, 9; English, 10; mathematics, 4; physical and natural sciences, 30; political and social sciences, 15; commerce, 40; religion, 10; physical culture (Bible, evidences), 6; elocution, 6; total, 166. In addition to the prescribed work, students are required to select from the elective courses sufficient to make a total of 204 hours. The subjects included under commerce are economie geography, commercial law, banking and credit, business forms and accounts, transportation, and industrial development.

Students in colleges or courses of commerce of universities and colleges,a

In foreign countries the importance of higher commercial education has been recognized by the establishment of commercial academies and university faculties of commerce in Leipzig, Frankfort, Cologne, and Hamburg, Germany; in Vienna and Prague, Austria; in Zurich, Switzerland; in Paris, France; in Antwerp, Belgium; in London and Birmingham, England, and in Edinburgh, Scotland. The four institutions in Germany already, three years after their establishment, have nearly 2,000 students, 145 of whom are foreigners.

SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS OF INSTRUCTION IN CERTAIN CITIES.