Education: At the Universities

By last week the upturn in college enrollments indicated by early registration reports was definitely established. Graduate enrollments were generally down, upperclass figures showed small change. But the entering freshmen numbered from 10% to 35% more than last year. Harvard had the largest undergraduate enrollment in its history and Pennsylvania State, University of California and University of Texas showed record sum-totals. Other campus news of last fortnight:

ΒΆ At Barnard, Dean Virginia Gildersleeve followed up President Nicholas Murray Butler's diatribe on youthful manners (TIME, Oct. 8) with these remarks to freshmen: "Perhaps...

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