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16 veterinary school catalogues for 1899 show that 19 scholarships are offered by 5 schools, that I school gives a fellowship and that 6 schools offer prizes. Tuition is free at the veterinary departments of Cornell and Ohio universities, and of Washington agricultural college. Cornell opens to competition by veterinary students, 18 scholarships and to veterinary graduates a fellowship of an annual value of $500. Veterinary matriculates are eligible for 50 city scholarships offered by the University of Pennsylvania. The veterinary department of Ohio state university offers a scholarship in each county in which the agricultural scholarship is not taken.

Fees Tuition is free in 132 theological schools. Only 8 have matriculation fees, 33 a course fee and 34 other fees. The average matriculation fee is $5.38, the average course fee $91.61, the average of other fees $22.06.

Tuition is free in 4 law schools. 23 have matriculation fees (average $14), 83 have course fees (average $69.80), 59 have other fees (average $10.86).

Tuition is free in 3 medical schools. 119 have matriculation fees (average $10.68), 153 have course fees (average $82.39), 129 have other fees (average $49.47).

Tuition is not free in any dental school. 40 have matriculation fees (average $8.62), 56 have course fees (average $94.32), 5 have other fees (average $33.48).

Tuition is free in 9 schools of pharmacy. 28 have matriculation fees (average $8.07), 43 have course fees (average $58.90), 50 have other fees (average $37.90).

Tuition is free in 3 veterinary medical schools. 7 have matriculation fees (average $7.85), 14 have course fees (average $81.28), 12 have other fees (average $43.50).

Libraries-In 1898 the U. S. commissioner of education reported 1,360,720 volumes in libraries of 118 theological schools, 243,054 in libraries of 47 law schools, 151,433 in libraries of 72 medical schools, 6901 in libraries of 16 dental schools, 22,156 in libraries of 17 schools of pharmacy. 3 theological schools, 9 law schools, 21 medical schools, 9

dental schools and 2 schools of pharmacy reported that they had no libraries. 34 theological schools, 27 law schools, 58 medical schools, 25 dental schools and 26 schools of pharmacy made no report on this item. Libraries in veterinary medical schools were not reported.

Following were the largest libraries :

Theology

Union theological seminary, presbyterian...
Hartford theological seminary, congregational
Princeton theological seminary, presbyterian...
Andover theological seminary, congregational
Seminary of the Reformed Dutch church in America..

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Volumes

71 576 68 029

61 648

51 000

43 700

Law

Harvard university, law department...

44 000

Cornell university, law department

26 000

Columbia university, law department

University of Pennsylvania, law department.
Yale university, law department.....

Medicine

Hahnemann medical college, Philadelphia
Hahnemann medical college, Chicago

University of Michigan, homeopathic medical dep't...

University of Pennsylvania, medical department..
Johns Hopkins medical school.....

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Dentistry

Marion Sims college of medicine, dental department...
Ohio medical university, dental department...
University of Michigan, dental department..

22 000

$2 000

1600

Pharmacy

Philadelphia college of pharmacy..

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Massachusetts college of pharmacy.
University of Illinois, department of pharmacy..

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'Only one library for medical and dental dep'ts.

Only one library for medical, dental and pharmacy dep'ts.

IO 000

15 132 I 800

Endowments-The 1898 U. S. education report gives the

following:

84 theological schools report endowments of $17,977,325. 54 do not report this item. 17 state that they are not

endowed.

19 medical schools report endowments of $1,906,072. (In 1897, 14 medical schools reported endowments of $648,262.) 84 do not report this item. 48 state that they are not endowed.

8 law schools report endowments of $752,500. The law department of the University of Cincinnati reports also an endowment that yields an income of $7500. (In 1897, 4 law schools reported endowments of $431,000.) 48 do not report this item. 27 report that they are not endowed.

I dental school, the Harvard dental school, reports an endowment of $50,000. 20 report that they are not endowed. do not report this item.

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2 schools of pharmacy, the Massachusetts college of pharmacy ($13,675) and the Albany college of pharmacy ($2381) report endowments of $16,056. 17 report that they are not endowed. 26 do not report this item. Following were the largest endowments:

Theology

Princeton theological seminary, presbyterian..
Union theological seminary, presbyterian...

General theological seminary, protestant episcopal...
Chicago theological seminary, congregational ...
Andover theological seminary, congregational..

Law

Harvard university, law department...

University of California, law department....
Catholic university of America, law department...

Medicine

Columbia university, medical department..

Johns Hopkins medical school.....

Woman's medical college of Pennsylvania

Yale university, medical department..

1 1897.

$1 369 000

11 350 000

I 260 987

968 820

850 000

400 000

135 000

100 000

480 000 427 000

296 772

106 000

Approximate.

Value of grounds and buildings - The 1898 U. S. education report gives the following values of grounds and buildings: 98 theological schools, $13,863,628. 54 do not report this item. 3 report that they do not own grounds or buildings. 19 law schools, $1,431,000. 58 do not report this item. 6 report that they do not own grounds or buildings.

96 medical schools, $11,264,263. 53 do not report this item. 2 report that they do not own grounds or buildings. 15 dental schools, $1,019,836. 30 do not report this item. 5 report that they do not own grounds or buildings. 15 schools of pharmacy, $656,417. 25 do not report this item. 5 report that they do not own grounds or buildings. The following report the greatest values in grounds and buildings :

Theology

General theological seminary, protestant episcopal
St Joseph's seminary, Roman catholic.....
Western theological seminary, presbyterian.
Princeton theological seminary, presbyterian..
Union theological seminary, presbyterian..

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Columbia university, medical department.
Jefferson medical college.

Hahnemann medical college, Philadelphia..
Cooper medical college........

New York homeopathic medical college....

1 In 1897, 93 schools reported $7,271,009.

* In 1897, 13 schools reported $627,500.

2 000 000 600 000

523 763

460 000

450 000

Dentistry

Baltimore medical college, dental department....
Philadelphia dental college....

New York college of dentistry.....

Detroit college of medicine, dental department..
Pennsylvania college of dental surgery..

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170 000

120 000

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70 000

204 067 150 000

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75.000

68 850

37 000

When grounds and buildings are used for several departments, as for example the Columbia law school which is in the library building, values are not always reported.

Total and average property, receipts and expenditures in 1898 -It is interesting to compare with the preceding figures those given in Professional education in the United States:

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1Cost of medical and dental buildings; dental buildings and grounds cost less than $75,000. Includes medical and pharmacy dep'ts. Reported in Professional education in the United States, $24,000.

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