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THE doctorates conferred by American Universities during the academic year lately concluded, and the subjects of the theses presented, are summarised in Science of August 2. The degree of doctor of philosophy was conferred on 253 candidates—a number which is probably greater than that of any previous year. Of these degrees 122 were given for subjects belonging to the humanities, and 131 for science subjects. Harvard and Yale have this year given as many degrees in the sciences as in the humanities, whereas in previous years the humanities have predominated, as the sciences have at Johns Hopkins and Cornell. There was a relative excess in the number of degrees in chemistry at Johns Hopkins; in physics at Cornell and Johns Hopkins; in mathematics at Yale; in zoology at Chicago; in psychology at Clark, Yale and Harvard, and in geology at Johns Hopkins and Harvard. Taking all the Universities together, the six subjects in which the most doctorates were conferred are:—chemistry, 28; physics, 23; mathematics, 18; zoology, 15; psychology, 13; geology, 10. The remaining 24 degrees were divided among twelve sciences.
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University and Educational Intelligence . Nature 64, 392 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064392a0
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