Show MORE WOMEN ATTEND UNIVERSITIES OF GERMANY r BERLIN Oct 9 Women Women have taken advantage as never re for forthe forthe forthe the higher education that not so many years ago was denied them During the last semester which fell entirely in peace times women were registered at the various institutions This number has increased to during durine ilie the past past half year constituting a percentage increase of ol women attending German universities of from to In the entire past six years the percentage had in increased increased increased in- in creased only 27 The actual increase in point of numbers Is not as great in two earlier years when the fig figures res jumped by and respectively The 1915 1916 figures however have been held down somewhat by the absence of the Americans Russians English I and Swiss women who customarily I are are enrolled and who during the war I have been absent The number of women studying medicine shows the largest increase rising from to hiD 1150 Five years ago there were but There are 2258 studying philology and history against 2120 studying mathematics mathematics mathe mathe- matics against studying political science against 73 studying law against 57 42 studying studying study study- ing dentistry against 51 7 studying theology against 16 and 12 studying studying study study- ing lug pharmacy against 14 U. The southern Germany universities have suffered losses and the Prussian Prussian Prussian sian institutions have gained in number number num num- ber her of women students The attendance attendance attendance attend attend- ance includes 1023 at t Berlin at Donn at Munich at Marburg at Heidelberg at at Muenster at Leipsic at Breslau at the new University University University sity of Frankfort at Freiburg at Koenigsberg at Jena at Halle 98 at Kiel 78 at Greifswald 50 at 56 at Strassburg 48 43 at 32 at Giessen Glessen 28 at Erlangen and 34 at Rostock Bostock The number o oJ women students at German technical schools has In Increased increased increased in- in creased this year year to as against 82 last year and 68 two years ago Of these 20 are taking taking- taking architecture architecture 28 chemistry and pharmacy 2 engineering engineering engineering engi engi- 4 electro and 65 lan lan- |