New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-03


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ls5 Ia
Many of the Alumni have attained distinction
&c prof. s.ors, teachers, practical chemists, geco-
lists, engineers, or in osher pursuits. COM
peie catalogue il in preparation. The folio wing
are few Of the older graduates
Prof James Hall New YeIi State Geolos' snd Psron-
Poi Fbenszer Emnors Ns~ YorI State Gsolo.s; etc.
Prof 2. y Hereford L.vrenes seisnuse school, Can
Prs jam. Booth. Chemist, As,ysr At United S'a's'
ut, Phi sceJhis- &c.. -, 1885,
Untsd state, Branch Mirr. Few orlssa.
Prof ". A.en. Dean of University OF Asryiaao' BAR
Prof ssser Univsr.lty Of Michigan Ann Arbor. Mich
Prot Robsrt Peter Trsn.y lsAni, University k,ntueky
The lsis Prof Houtstt, state Gsolesst Of Michigan
Dr. Ass Fiteh, New York stste Entom olosi''; .,..
Pro. frAr ain Greene present Director OF the lns i1te
The Polytechnic College OF the State OF Penn
s,lv AHA sas chartered Ia ls52, and is iitus'ed in
Phila6elptia. 1. lie de,igned to afford thorough
professional education 10 students Of Engineer
ing, Mining, Agriculture and the Mechanical and
Chemical Arts. 1t has four Professors, two In
stfuctors in modern languages, and an acsdemich
department. Its eoi6ce on PenD-squire origin
ally bank, aud four stories high, contains loisy
and spacious rooms. The collection OF minerals
is very extensi7e, and tae cabinet Of arts /, $50
valuable. Terms for each department half-ysarly
session, fifteen dollars.
The Scientific Schools at Yale aud Harvard
Colleges we're projected aud organized about tue
same tim.-nsmely, Ia lSi6-F. Inst period
was notable epoch In scientific movements; the
Snitt souisn Institution was established oy act
Of August ~, lS46; and 10 the spring Of l-i7,
- A. As.aafation far the AdgaD
nent Of Science and tie American Medical Asso
citation were organized and held their frst meet
ipgs.
The Corporation Of Harvard College adopted,
on Feb. H. 1si7, their piau for the new school,
which was soon after approved by the OSerseers.
They expected it to commence under some dis
advantage, although the buildings snd apparatus
Of the University were placed at its service. But,
in June following, Dir. Abbott Lawrencs enjo we'd
the school with $50 eco to found tie 70 profess
orships of Geology snd Engineering to erect
Dew laboratory, and a suitable building for other
departments and on Commencement Day the
CORPORATION, In consideration of this muhificence,
voted tbatit should be styled The La vrence Sci
ep.ifc School in the University of Cambridge.
II commenced operations in lo47-o, with six
special students iD Chemistry under Prot. dors-
ford, usiI temporary laboratory. During that
and the ensuing year, 1889, there we're sixteen
students Of the same branch, IN the hrss term,
and twenty. two in the second term. In lo49,
Mr.. Lawrence made additional and liberal pro-
visions for the schoOs support, and each pro-
hssor wss placed on an Independent footing in
regard to bis department. In 1880, the new
LAT oratory was finished and Prof Agassiz con-.
mepced bis instructions in Geology, and Prof.
Eusts IN the Engineering depiftmsnt-st once
increasing the number of students. Since 1850,
the average total number has been about seventy.
The charge for daily tuition in each DEPARTMENT.
fifty dollars each balf-year. For apparatus and
supplies in chemical laboratory, twenty-five dol
lars term.
TIE Yale Scientific School is embraced within
the Department Of Philosophy and the Arts,
which w.s proposed in August lS46, and estab-
lisbed the following year. This department has
a wide scope, comprising all the branches pur-
sued 1t Yale not included under Theology, Law,
and Medicine Thus, 1t comprehends the studies
of the resident grsdustes-iast year three, and
this year nine. The Scientific School has two
courses of instruction, namely, Applied Chemis-
try, aud Engineering. The number studying
chemistry alone last year was H. and this yesr is
10; study ing engineering alone last year, 81; this
year, 81; studying both chemistry and engineer.
ing last year, 81 this year, l. Total number last
year, 40; this year, 60. The fees for daily use
of the Analy teal Laboratory, including materials
consumed, are sixty to seventy dollars for term
of ~ to IA weeks; the lectures on Agricultural
Chemistry are ten dollars. Previous stady Of
chemistry lie not required The tuition for engi-
neeriDg, for full course, costs thirty dollars ,ch
term; surveying alone, twelve dollars, and the
matricuston fee for each course IL Eve dOllaf..
The Chandler Scientific School Of Dartmouth
College was established in ISL by the Trustees
of that institution, 10 acceptance Of $4,000, be
questhed to them, in trust, by Abel Chandler,
Esq, late of Walp0le, n. H., and formerly Of
Boston, Mass. Mr. Chandler directed the Trus
trees to ''prudently invest the principal sum,
and apply its income to the support of perm.
"nent school Ct instruction in the practical and
useful arts Of life, comprised chiefly in the
branches Of mechanics and civil engineering,
"the invention and manufacture of ma,hinery,
carpentry, masonry architecture. drawing, the
investigation Of the properties and uses of the
materials employed in the arts," and so on.
The school was commenced on Sept / 1852, and
hs. been quite successful. Its students are
arranged in three classes, and prosecute regu-
lsr three years course. The literary require
men.s for admission are quite low. A limited