Bowman, the present chancellor, who succeeded Dr. Mc- 
Cormick in 1921. 
Within the past year more than 1000 students have 
received their degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. 
The faculty numbers approximately 800 members. The 
approximate enrollment in all schools of the University for 
the year 1926-27 was 10,000. Of these 5200 were regularly 
classified students. Enrolled in the extension division were 
over 2000, bringing the total enrollment to about 12,000. 
As the number of students taking advantage of the oppor- 
tunities which the University has offered has increased, it 
has extended and expanded its service to the community. 
The University is now composed of sixteen schools and 
divisions. They are: The Schools of Medicine, Law, Phar- 
macy, Dentistry, Engineering, Mines, Education, Business 
Administration, the College, the Graduate School, the Re- 
search Bureau for Retail Training, the Mellon Institute of 
Industrial Research, the Allegheny Observatory, the Univer- 
sity Extension Division, Downtown Division, Summer Ses- 
sion and Radio Studio. In the fall of 1927 the Downtown 
Division was established. Its purpose is to give courses in 
the late afternoon and evening for teachers and others 
employed who cannot attend the classes on the campus. The 
Downtown Division is located in the Chamber of Commerce 
and courses are offered in liberal arts, engineering and mines, 
education and business administration. Facilities are pro- 
vided for 3,500 students. Instruction is offered, for the most 
part, by faculty members who are teaching on the campus. 
Dr. Vincent W. Lanfear, formerly associate professor of 
Finance at the University, is the director of the Downtown 
Division. Heretofore the evening division had been a part of 
the Schoo! of Business Administration. 
“The purpose of the new unit,” Chancellor Bowman says, 
“is simply to carry on downtown the regular work done on 
the campus in the College of Liberal Arts and in the Schools 
of Business Administration, Engineering and Mines, and 
Education. The growth of the evening division of the 
School of Business Administration downtown has brought a 
demand for courses of study outside of that particular field. 
The University believes that the time has come when it