ZURICH, UNIVERSITY OF

there are curious but instructive fluctuations in the numbers of students at this ancient university. from roro-4 there was a steady increase in men students while the women cdecreased in numbers. the war brought students to the university, the highest number being ror6 in the winter of 1916-7, including 28g women students. numbers diminished after the war but rose again to 1730 in 1924-5, the women students totalling 262. new chairs have been founded in veterinary pathology, bacteriology and hygiene, mathematics, physical chemistry, art and living oriental lan- guages and islamic studies. developm:nts of an important nature have taken place in view of the provision of new buildings '! for general purposes, a central university library, clinics for diseases of the eyes, cars, nose and throat. a notable benefac- tion is the julius claus foundation in 1919 of fr 1,274,052 for social anthropology and racial hygiene.