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PUBLIC COLLEGES. 325
Table 51. Number of college-graduates to the universities.
Average for the years Total number. Per From Students in State
Colleges belonging to Matriculated at universities*
Men. [-Women.-] {+Wo- men.+} Total. 1UU,UUU inhab. State
College». Private Schools. 1 Clasa. Una A. Claai. Una B. [-Sclen-tlt.-] {+Sclen- tlt.+} line. Total. In X.J
1871/75....... 612 2 • 14 I486 557 57 65 430 700
1876 80....... 570 4 574 12 75 470 104 266 137 67 376 65-6
188185....... 773 11 781 1702 665 119 268 263 134 509 64-9
1886 90...... 760 27 787 16-60 658 129 209 327 122 462 58-7
189195....... 665 27 •92 1433 575 117 145 285 145 350 50-6
1896,00...... 801 49 850 16-89 701 149 169 273 259 369 434
Of the total number of students entered at the public colleges, ordinarily only
about V* reach the final examination. During the quinquennial period 1893/97,
the average yearly number of students leaving these schools without taking
the university entrance examinations was 1,883. Of these, 531 entered
commercial life or commercial schools; 225 engaged in industrial pursuits of
various kinds; 214 entered private schools or engaged in private study; 137
entered technical schools; 109 agricultural schools, 85 schools of navigation, etc.
Above 20 % gave no information regarding their future career, while of those that
gave such information 83 % engaged in practical pursuits, or entered practical schools.
The number of students, having passed the university entrance
examination is seen in Table 51. Also here no very marked increase is
shown in later times, and the period 1881/85 presents the maximum.
The number of students entering the universities has decreased both
relatively and absolutely, as is also shown by Table 51. Thus were
matriculated at the universities, during 1871/75, as many as 70 % of all
that graduated, but during 1896/1900 only 43 per cent. This is owing
to the ever growing demands of practical life.
Out of the 6,166 candidates (from the public colleges) who successfully
passed the university entrance examination during the ten years 1886/95, 2,804
stated their intention of entering the universities. A total of 666 entered military
schools, 557 technical, and 409 commercial schools or life. The mean age of
students passing the university entrance examination from the public colleges
between 1876/80 was 19’9 6 years. Gradually this age has decreased, so that
during 1891/95 the average was only 19"26 years. The age af private students
generally ranks somewhat higher.
Teachers. At the public colleges there are, apart from the
principals, three categories of teachers with fixed appointments, viz.: a) lectors
(in the higher schools only), who possess higher attainments, draw a
higher salary than the others, and are required to teach chiefly in the
upper classes; h) adjuncts (or »colleagues» in lower schools), who
possess lower attainments, draw a lower salary than the lectors, and are
’ Students from accredited private institutions (1896/00, average 87), and private
students (average 62); of these 149 students, 21 belonged to the A-line, 72 to the
B-line, and 56 to the Scientific line. — s The Caroline Institute and the private universities
of Stockholm and Gothenburg inclusive. — * Percentage of the total number of graduates.
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