│ 17│ │ 174 Morris Brown University │A. M. E. │ 10│ │ 498 New Orleans College │Methodist │ 9│ │ 423 Paine College │M. E. South │ 14│ │ 188 Paul Quinn College │A. M. E. │ 13│ │ 273 Philander Smith College │Methodist │ 39│ │ 400 Rust College │ „ │ 16│ │ 320 Sam Houston College │ „ │ 18│ │ 359 Straight University │Congregational│ 11│ │ 567 Tillotson College │ „ │ 18│ │ 215 ──────────────────────────┴──────────────┴───────┴─────────────┴─────── Of the 12762 pupils in total attendance on these institutions, only 1,643 are studying college subjects, and 995 are in professional classes. The remaining 10,125 pupils are in elementary and secondary grades. In reply to a questionnaire sent to all the Northern colleges, 66 reported a total of 430 Negro students of college grade. Of these 309 were in college proper, 86 were in medical courses, including dental and pharmaceutical; 10 were in theological schools; 18 in law; and 7 in veterinary medicine. It is probable that the total number of students in northern institutions is at least 500. Only three institutions, Howard University, Fisk University, and Meharry Medical College, have a student body, a teaching force and equipment and an income sufficient to warrant the characterization of “college.” Nearly half of the college students and practically all of the professional students are in these institutions. _Professional Education._—The standards of professional training are so involved with the development of colleges that for some time to come the professional training of colored people must be carried on largely in connection with college and secondary work. The scarcity of good teachers, the great need for increased library and laboratory facilities, and the small enrollments in all institutions of higher learning for colored people, render the chances of the development of strong professional schools better where they are affiliated with schools of collegiate or university grade.