Harvard Professional Schools.

The January number of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine contains very interesting sketches of the different professional schools. The condition of these schools is at present better than ever before. The number of students in each department is steadily increasing and it is exceedingly gratifying to note the progress that each is making.

The medical school has now a total attendance of 447 students. Among the first year men are many who were undergraduates last year, but who have left the college in order to enter upon their professional study at once. This seems to be the result of the extension of the required medical course. Of the laboratories, two have been enlarged and additional assistants have been secured in several different departments. Among these is Dr. Howell, a graduate of John Hopkins. He has extended the first years' course in Physiology by a series of demonstrations. His work on Nerve Degeneration after Section and on the Origin of the Red Blood Corpuscles has a worldwide reputation, and his appointment is a valuable addition to the school.

Dr. W. T. Councilman another new instructor, meets the second class in Pathological Anatomy. He was at one time an instructor at John Hopkins University in the biological laboratory and for two years studied abroad, working mostly in the hospitals of Vienna. Dr. Councilman has published many papers in the medical journals of this country and of Germany and was one of the pioneers in the histological work which led to the discovery of the malarial germ. He has published a very complete description of the life history of this organism.

The Medical School recently received a gift of $5000 from Mrs. Anne M. Sweetser to be used in scholarships. This bequest was particularly acceptable inasmuch as this year nearly fifty deserving applicants for scholarships could not be given aid.

At the Law School the courses of instruction are the same this year as last, except the addition of a course on the New York code of Civil Procedure which will be given by James Byrne, '77 who graduated from the Law School in 1882 with high distinctions. This course is an extra; like the one on Massachusetts law it will not count towards the degree, showing that the aim of the school is national and not local.

The total number of students in the Law School is 394 showing an increase of 31 students over last years enrollment. The percentage of college graduates is seventy one. It has been decided that hereafter no one but a college graduate will be admitted to the School, unless he pass entrance examinations in Latin, French and Blackstone. It is hoped that the Law Faculty may see fit to admit as candidates for degree in Law, only those who already have the degree in Arts and Science or those giving evidence of equivalent mental training. If this is done the Law School will thus be placed on a true university basis.

The Dental School now numbers 54 students, an increase of three over last year. The classes are now distinctly divided for the first time and the three years' course has been put into operation. Additional instructors in Operative Dentistry have been appointed and are of much advantage to the School. The large classes show how limited are the present quarters of the School. The operating hall is crowded and there is much inconvenience for want of more room and light. For this reason and with the object of raising money for a new building the Alumni and Faculty held a meeting in November 30, in Boston, an account of which has already been printed in the CRIMSON.

The Divinity School began this year with an enrollment of forty-one. The number of applications received show that if the school were to remove its strict requirements, the attendance would increase to a very great extent. No one is a candidate for the degree in Theology who does not hold a bachelor's degree in Arts. A slight increase or diminuation from year to year seems to have no significance and for this reason the school is under a constant pressure to lower its stadards. Thus far it has resisted all such attempts at change and shows no sign of yielding. It takes the stand that in education nothing is worth having which is easy to get and is seriously thinking of raising its tuition fee, thus putting itself on a level in this respect with the other departments of the university.