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Their work has proved that the class of special students can be made to do as effective honest work, as is done by any portion of the University; and that, in general, the instructors are able and ready to give personal interest to the students, and to minister to their individual needs. Three hundred and sixty-four persons received the degree of A. B., of whom 47 were not registered as seniors.

The Freshmen Class of '99 is the largest in the history of the College, numbering 462, only 17 of whom were men dropped from a higher class.

The Scientific School has gained 10 per cent in numbers, and much more in the porportion of regular to special students. $20,000 have been spent in improving the departments of Engineering and Architecture chiefly for apparatus. A revision of admission requirements is a probability for the near future.

The resignation of Professor Peirce, Dean of the Graduate School, calls attention to the vigorous growth of this branch of the University under his care. It is now felt that the migration of advanced students from one university to another should be promoted, and that, to this end, the only prescription as to residence, should be the general statute-not less than one year's residence for every ordinary degree. A Graduate Fellowship without stipend has been established as an experiment with the title of John Harvard Fellow. It is hoped thus to offer acceptable distinction to men of high scholarship who do not need pecuniary aid. Professor J. H. Wright has been elected Dean of the Graduate School to succeed Professor Peirce.

The Divinity School had in the year 1894-95, the largest number of students which ever attended it. The students of Unitarian affiliations were in a minority. The Report shows that graduates from the School, though it is undenominational, have succeeded in supplying pulpits in many denominations. A reorganization of the Alumni Association of the School is recommended.

The Law School Association celebrated in June the end of Professor Langdell's twenty-five years of continuous and successful service as Professor and Dean. The report of the School shows that the percentage of college graduates in the School has risen this year to 84. The decrease in members next year, when the admission requirements of a previous academic degree will go into effect, is therefore not likely to be large.

The Medical School is highly prosperous as regards the number of its students; but owing to the great need of enlargement, and the great development of costly laboratory instruction, the income of the School has for two years fallen short of its expenses. The Faculty has voted to admit women graduates of medicine to the graduate courses of the School. The Dean then mentions the need of dormitories and a dining hall for the School.

The Dental School had, in 1894-95, 80 students divided into three classes, and 31 instructors. Professor Eugene H. Smith was, in December of the current year, chosen Dean of the Dental Faculty.

The important events in the Bussey Institution during the year were the death of Mr. Motley, Instructor in Farming, and the appointment of Theobald Smith, M. D., to the Professorship of Applied Zoology.

The classes in the Veterinary School increase in number and improve in quality. In the past year 645 surgical operations have been performed at the hospital.