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 SOME IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS 373 Schools of Rome, Athens, and Jerusalem, professors of the Gradu - ate Schools were frequently chosen. The productive work of the members of the graduate staff was large. In addition to their editorial work and contributions in the University journals, they produced books in great numbers. As a part of his Decennial Report the President submitted a "list of the publications of the members of the University." Thirty-six departments were represented, including those of one professional school only. The President said in explanation of this latter fact: The School of Education, the Law School, and the Medical School were organized either toward the end of the decennium or at its close; this bibliog- raphy includes, therefore, only the departments embraced under the Faculties of Arts, Literature, Science, and Theology. The theses of those who had received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and important contributions to literature by graduate students were included. The list contained more than three thousand, five hundred titles. This work of publication continued through the following fifteen years covered by this history with annually increasing productivity. In the program adopted for the celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary it was provided that a second bibliography should be published showing the publications of the members of the University during the past fiifteen years. The degrees given in the Graduate Schools were those of Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The requirements for the degree of Ph.D. were exacting. At least three years of resident graduate work were required, and often much more than that. A satisfactory final examination must be passed, and a satisfactory thesis must be presented and published. The degree was given, not on the basis of the completion of a certain amount of time spent upon a specified program, but as the recognition and mark of high attainments and ability in the candidate's chosen province. On this account the securing of the Doctor's degree was the great object of the graduate student's ambition. Notwith- standing the exacting conditions, increasing numbers achieved it as the years went on. At the end of the first year one candidate received the degree. In 1895-96 the number was twenty-three.