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Public health nursing is one of the first of the latter courses that should be considered. There should be a public health nurse in every county, and the medical school should train the women for these positions. They should be apostles of health and expounders of medical knowledge in the homes and schools of the people, just as the county agricultural agents are the teachers of better agriculture and animal husbandry in the fields and stables.

The medical school, though located at Kansas City, might well offer popular courses at Lawrence and even at Manhattan for future teachers, for home economics students, indeed for any and all students. Funds should be available for extension work among both the doctors and the laity of the State. "The State-wide campus" is certainly the ideal of the modern State-supported medical school, as it is of the agricultural college or the school of education.

The University of Kansas might canvass the question of dental education; and if there is need, dentistry might be developed as part of the greater medical school. It is a mistake alike of State policy and of educational policy to have dentistry independent of medicine. This does not mean that every dentist should have the complete training of a physician, but it does mean that both professions are founded on the same sciences and should be taught in the same laboratories and clinics. The development of a unified out-patient department, including medicine, dentistry, and social service, might well be considered.

The University of Kansas has a good opportunity in medical education. It need not try to rival Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities all at once. It needs time. It needs boosting instead of knocking, harmony instead of jealousy, cooperation instead of petty criticism. I believe the time is ripe for a big forward movement.

APPENDIX.

STATISTICAL TABLES.

Table 1. Per cent of the population 14 to 18 years of age in high schools, 1919-20. 2. Per cent of total school enrollment in high schools.

3. High-school attendance in Kansas, 1900-1901 to 1919-20.

4. Number and places of residence of college and professional students, and number of inhabitants per student, by States (excluding independent theological schools and teacher-training institutions), 1920-21.

5. The relation between appropriations for State institutions of higher learning and population in various States.

6. Number of students registered in the various divisions of the university and agricultural college for the years 1912-13 to 1921-22.

7. Number of students taking various majors in engineering at the university
and the agricultural college for the years 1912-13 to 1921-22.

8. Summary of enrollment in normal schools for the years 1917-18 to 1921-22.
9. Enrollment of resident students in normal schools for the year 1921-22.
10. Number of credit hours taken by students at the university and agricul-
tural college for the year 1921-22.

11. Courses offered and courses given by departments, for the years 1920-21
and 1921-22.

12. Sizes of classes for the years 1920-21 and 1921-22.

13. Number of degrees granted by the university and agricultural college for the years 1911-12 to 1920-21.

14. Vocations of graduates of the university and agricultural college for the years 1912 to 1921, inclusive.

15. Numbers of members of faculties, 1913 to 1922.

16. Enrollment and graduates in privately supported colleges and universities in Kansas accredited by the State board of education for the year 1921-22. 17. Summary of enrollment and graduates in privately supported colleges and universities in Kansas accredited by the State board of education for the years 1917-18 to 1921-22.

18. Appropriations by the State legislature to the State educational institutions for the years 1914 to 1923.

19. Condensed and consolidated statement of income and expenditures of the university, agricultural college, and normal schools, for the year 1920-21. 20. Expenditures for agricultural and home economics extension for the years 1911-12 to 1920-21.

21. Comparative statement concerning correspondence and extension classes. 141

TABLE 1.-Per cent of the population 14 to 18 years of age enrolled in high schools, 1919–20.

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TABLE 2.-Per cent of total school enrollment in high schools.

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TABLE 3.-High-school attendance in Kansas, 1900-1901 to 1919-20.

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The number of high-school graduates during the years 1918-19 and 1919-20 was, respectively, 8,716 and 7,833.

TABLE 4.-Number and places of residence of college and professional students, and number of inhabitants per student, by States (excluding independent theological schools and teacher training institutions), 1920–21.

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TABLE 7.-Number of students taking various majors in engineering.

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