BENEFACTIONS.

The total value of all gifts and bequests reported by the several institutions included in this chapter as having been received during the year amounted to $14,750,501. Of this amount, $10,665,283 was received by the following-named 25 institutions reporting gifts amounting to $100,000 and over:

The institutions in the North Atlantic and North Central divisions continue to receive the greater portion of benefactions, over 90 per cent of the total amount being reported by them for the year under consideration. The proportion received by the institutions in the several divisions is as follows: North Atlantic Division, 51.8 per cent; South Atlantic Division, 4.8 per cent; South Central Division, 2.1 per cent; North Central Division, 38.3 per cent; Western Division, 3 per cent. Of the institutions reporting benefactions amounting to $100,000 and over, 15 are located in the North Atlantic Division, 8 in the North Central Division, 1 in the South Atlantic Division, and 1 in the Western Division. The colleges for women reported benefactions amounting to $1,913,259.

TABLE 1.-Number of undergraduate and graduate students in public universities, colleges, and schools of technology.

TABLE 2.—Number of undergraduate and graduate students in private universities, colleges, and schools of technology.

TABLE 3.- Undergraduate students in universities and colleges for men and for both sexes.

TABLE 4.-Classification of universities and colleges for men and for both sexes according to number of undergraduate students.