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of the courses taken by such scholarship winners shows that a reasonable proportion of them takes up a science course. An examination of the year by year records yielded the following results :

Table F—Dispersal Over Courses of Entrance Scholarship Winners Listed

The above figures enable a comparison to be made between the numbers of scholarship winners entering upon the various courses in relationship to the total numbers in these courses. The comparison is more clearly seen in the following table, where the numbers of scholarship winners are expressed at rates per 10,000 of students in the courses: —

Table G—Relationship of Scholarship Winners to Total Students

Note. —The figures given for " total students taking course " represent the cumulative total of students at all stages in each of the eleven years. It is apparent that science attracts a satisfactory proportion of University Entrance Scholarship winners. It must not be overlooked also that many post-primary school pupils intending to pursue science courses at the University do not enter for the Entrance

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Courses Taken. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1 1943.|l944. 1945. 1946. Science 7 8 3 7 9 14 5 7 10 6 9 Arts 15 14 17 15 12 9 10 4 11 11 13 Medicine and dentistry 5 2 6 5 7 5 6 7 4 6 3 Engineering 1 5 3 3 2 1 4 6 5 5 1 Law 1 1 4 1 4 Architecture 1 1 Home science 2 1 Commerce 1 Scholarship declined* 1 6 3 4 6 10 9 5 8 8 Ineligible 1 1 * Declined outright or to re-sit in following year.

Course. Total Number of Students Taking Course Between 1936 and 1946, Inclusive. Total Number of Scholarship Winners Taking Course Between 1936 and 1946, Inclusive. Number of Scholarship Winners per 10,000 Students in Course. Engineering 2,873 36 125 Science 8,342 85 102 Medicine and dentistry 8,805 56 64 Arts 24,289 131 54 Law 3,425 11 32 Architecture 911 2 22 Commerce 9,105 1 1