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Show . OPEN THEIR DOORS TO WOMEN. German Universities Now Admit Student Stu-dent of the Fair Sex. The universities In Saxony and in tho southern half of tho empire Bavaria, Ba-varia, Baden and Wurtemburg have all opened their doors to female students, stu-dents, and granted them all academic rights, matriculation, graduation, etc. Others admit them only as visitors to lectures, but refuse to them all other privileges. The University of Berlin has adopted a compromise, refusing matriculation to women, but allowing them to attend courses of study as vla- iters, and also, with the approval of their instructors, to present themselves them-selves as candidates for tho examinations examina-tions leading to the doctor's degree. During the last winter the 21 Ger man universities enrolled 320 matriculated matricu-lated women, and 2,504 female visitors. vis-itors. There was an Increase over the preceding winter of 35 matriculates and of 399 visitors. The matriculates w-ero divided among the eight universities, universi-ties, where they aro allowed entrance, as follows: Munich, 125; Heidelberg, 65; Freilburg, 53; Leipzig, 36; Jena. 20; Tubingen, 9; Wurzburg, S, and Erlan gen, 4. |