MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF (see ), was the first
university established by an American state to become
conspicuously successful. The promise of its earlier period continued
in recent years. The total roll of the faculty increased from 350
in 1907-8 to 616 in 1919-20, while the number of students grew
from 5,013 to 9,401 in the same period (5,007 in the college of
Literature, Science and the Arts, 2,038 in the college of Engineering
and Architecture, 394 in the Medical School, 382 in the Law
School, 99 in the college of Pharmacy, 42 in the Homoeopathic
Medical School, 350 in the college of Dental Surgery, 340 in the
Graduate School, 1,961 in the Summer Session and 222 in the two
training schools for nurses). On Jan. 1 1921 there were over
30,000 living graduates. The Medical School, Law School and
Homoeopathic Medical School demand two years of college work
before admitting students.
(W. B. S.)