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The following table of statistics has been compiled from the annual register of students in attendance at Columbia College, which was published a short time ago:
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
1880-81. 1881-82.
Freshmen 92 94
Sophomores 81 81
Juniors 63 67
Seniors 49 53
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Totals 285 295
SCHOOL OF MINES.
First class 87 94
Second class 70 84
Third class 46 47
Fourth class 39 41
Resident graduates 7 1
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Totals 249 267
SCHOOL OF LAW.
Juniors 253 232
Seniors 202 239
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Totals 455 471
SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.
First class 11 15
Second class -- 7
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Totals 11 22
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
Number in attendance 555 547
Repetitions in above 4 15
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Grand totals 1,551 1,587
There are 26 trustees and 126 instructors. Of the 471 students in the School of Law, 259, or 55 per cent., were graduates from 47 different colleges. Last year the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on 48 men; Master of Arts, after examination, on 2; of Engineer of Mines, on 15; of Civil Engineer, on 8; of Bachelor of Philosophy, in the scientific course, on 22; in the political science course, on 10; of Doctor of Philosophy, on 3; of Bachelor of Laws, on 102: of Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, on 21; of Doctor of Medicine, on 120; total, 351. It is claimed that Columbia College has a larger number of students in attendance than any educational institution on this side of the Atlantic.
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