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.......... Law .... Harvard university, law department. Medicine Volumes 71 576 68 029 61 648 ... 51 000 43 700 44 000 26 000 25 000 ... 18 904 112 000 University of Michigan, homeopathic medical dep't... Dentistry Marion Sims college of medicine, dental department... Massachusetts college of pharmacy. University of Illinois, department of pharmacy.... 1 Approximate. 'Only one library for medical and dental dep'ts. Only one library for medical, dental and pharmacy dep'ts. 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. 29 do not report this item. 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.. Law Harvard university, law department.. University of California, law department.... Medicine Johns Hopkins medical school..... $1 369 000 11 350 000 I 260 987 968 820 850 000 400 000 135 000 100 000 Columbia university, medical department.. ... 480 000 427 000 296 772 Woman's medical college of Pennsylvania 1897. 2 Approximate. 106 000 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 .. $1 353 000 I 100 000 780 055 500 000 500 000 Columbia university, medical department. Hahnemann medical college, Philadelphia.... 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 523763 460 000 450 000 Dentistry Baltimore medical college, dental department. New York college of dentistry..... Detroit college of medicine, dental department Pharmacy New York college of pharmacy 1 200 000 170 000 120 000 '105 336 70 000 204 067 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: 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. Gifts and bequests - The following made up from Apple. ton's Annual cyclopedia shows the amount of gifts and bequests for educational purposes (including hospitals), of $5000 each and upward in value for each year from 1894 to 1898. The extraordinary total of $110,952,199 is divided as follows: theological schools $1,918,500, law schools $127,500, medical schools $2,631,000, hospitals $16,593,701, libraries $14,143,888, general education $75,537,610.1 $1 918 500 $127 500 $2 631 000 $16 593 701 $14 143 888 $75 537 610 $110 952 199 Women as professional students- The 1898 U. S. education report shows that women now appear as students in professional schools of each class except those in veterinary medicine. In nursing they are of course in a large majority, 8004 as compared with 801 men. In the other professions they are reported as follows: theology 198, law 147, medicine 1397, dentistry 162, pharmacy 174. The proportion of women in regular medical schools is much smaller than in homeopathic, eclectic and physiomedical schools, showing that women prefer the medical sects. 'Including the most notable gifts and bequests for all public purposes the grand total for these five years is $174,800,000. The ordinary denominational contributions for educational and benevolent purposes, all state and municipal appropriations to public and sectarian institutions and the grants of congress for the relief of suffering in Cuba are excluded. |