Johns Hopkins University - Hullabaloo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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year since the University was opened in the autumn of 1876 The following table indicates the enrolment of students in each 1 1 I 1 i - 'Average Atten I Enlrgiiled. Matriculates' Matixigiiilates. tincghail1?l::illg?sis.j dalfgcfgrggwlc - 22- 2 2 1-1242? ---,- --, -I l. 1878-77 f 89 12 i 23 54 5 60 1877-78 7 104 24 1 22 058 , 84 1878-79 3 123 25 1 35 63 1 96 1879-80 159 32 , 48 79 , 113 1880- 81 178 37 f 37 102 1 186 1881-82 y 175 45 g 31 99 1 187 1882-83 1 204 49 9 30 125 1 148 1883-84 A 249 53 1 37 159 122 1884-85 I 290 69 47 174 y 212 1885-86 l 814 96 34 184 1 115 1886-87 1 878 108 42 228 1 165 1887-88 l 420 127 62 231 7 192 1888-89 j 392 129 49 214 y i The attendance upon the courses given in some of the principal subjects has been as follows during the last tive years: 1884-85,1885-86. 1886-87. 1887 88. 1888589 l Mathematics and Astronomy, 75 1 76 84 82 Physics ,... . . 80 ' 73 85 73 Chemistry, . . . 76 , 118 119 123 Mineralogy and Geology, . 41 24 25 38 Biology ,... . 44 S 65 61 81 Pathology, . E 25 15 22 Greek, . . 41 48 61 58 Latin, .... 64 72 74 ' 69 Sanskrit, etc . . 25 37 40 ' 39 Shemitic Languages, . 1 13 14 18 1 42 German ,... 5 107 113 130 1 119 French, Italian, etc., . . . 1 63 60 72 1 69 English, etc., . . . Q 68 90 84 1 94 History and Political Science, 109 135 137 i 162 Psychology, Ethics, and Logic, 44 65 81 48 82The statistics for 1888-89 were made up in the middle of the year, and may vary a little from the figures given in the Annual Register. 7

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constructed, the Physical Laboratory. Several dwelling-houses in the neighborhood are also used for class-rooms. The University is organized upon the principle that a university is a body of teachers and scholars, mzz't'ersz'z'as magzkirorzzm ei fizlvcyzf- forum,-a corporation maintained for the conservation and advance- ment of knowledge, in which those who have been thoroughly pre- pared for higher stgdies are encouraged to continue, under compe- tent professors, their intellectual advancement in many branches of science and literature. In this society we recognize two important grades, the collegiate students, who are aspirants for the diploma of Bachelor of Arts, to which they look forward as a certificate that they havecompleted a liberal course of preliminary study,-and fbj the university students, including the few who may-be candidates for a higher diploma, that of Doctor or Master fa certificate that they have made special attainments in certain branches of knowledgej, and a larger number who, without any reference to a degree, are simply continuing their studies for varying periods. Corresponding to the wants of these two classes of students, we have two methods of instruction-the rule of the college, which provides discipline, drill, training in appointed tasks, for definite periods 3 and the rule of the university, the note of which is opportunity, freedom, encour- agement, and guidance in more difficult studies, inquiries, and pur- suits. Thus far our organization has maintained but one faculty, that of philosophy or the liberal arts, although there is an important nucleus of a department of medicine. The academic staff included during the year 1888-89 fifty-five teachers. The number of students enrolled was three hundred and ninety-one, of whom one hundred and ninety-one were residents of Maryland, one hundred and eighty came here from thirty-four other States of the Union and twenty-one from foreign countries. Among the students were two hundred and thirteen already gradua- ted, coming from ninety-seven colleges and universities, there were one hundred and twenty-nine matriculates for candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Artsjg and there were forty nine admitted as special students, to pursue courses of study for which they seemed htted, without reference to graduation. The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred in 1888 upon thirty-four candidates, and twenty- seven candidates were promoted to the degree of Doctor of Phi- losophy. 6

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