Berlin, Germany.—Accommodations at most of Germany's universities and technical high schools have been so severely cramped since the war in increasing enrollments that steps are being suggested for stemming the rising percentage of foreigners. Students from abroad are estimated to constitute 25 percent of the registration.
A leading professor in the movement to restrict the foreign influx states that in his lecture room he has noted from 50 to 100 non-Germans. He declares the preparatory training as well as the conduct of these "out-desired." While emphasizing the need for curtailment of foreigners, he observes that caution should be exercised to avoid political or diplomatic embarrassment.
High Schools Double.
Sufficiency in German universities, whole, has shown an increase of 30 percent since the war, and that of the technical high schools has more than doubled. Just before the war, there were 60,000 university students in Germany.
Graduate jumped to 90,000.
Since been a slight falling off. The high schools were handling 12,000 before the war. In the autumn of 1920, their students numbered 22,970, and last winter 55,556.
While the knowledge that the war resulted in a greater eagerness for learning in the younger generation has proved gratifying to the Germans, there is a disturbing factor in that "kultur" studies have suffered decline. Compared with 1914, at the armistice, the age has increased.
There has been a significant fascination, the present statistics for the university show decreases in the enrollment and the university for theology, philosophy.  Medicine, the most popular philosophy.
In 1914, also has proved less attractive, although dentistry students have more than doubled and there has been a slight increase in chemistry. 