The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-08
RAH! RAH! STEVENS
Hoboken's Institute to Cele-
brate Its TWenty-fifth
Birthday.
PROGRAMME Of CEREMONIES.
Distinguished Men Will Be Present
Results Achieved by the
College.
PROGRAMME OF CEREMONIES.

The eighteenth OF this month will be
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the OPEN
ing OF Stevens Institute of Technology,
Hoooken. This celebration of the quarter
century of Its existence will be appro-
priately observed by the trustees, facul-
ty, alumni n students. Representatives
from the various seats of learning in this
country lave promised to attend, and
many Of those prominent in the Industrial
and political spheres of life will grace
the occasion with their presence.
The institute was founded by Edwin
Augustus Stevens, the head of the well
known family of Castle Point. Mr.. Stew
ems left as a fund $3.50, 900 in cash and
much valuable property. A contingency
fund of a half OF a million of dollars
was devised. to be used in case his spe-
cifc bequest was insufficient to place the
institution upo a practical working
basis.
The institute building stands on the
block bounded by Hudson, Fifth, River
and Sixth streets and was finished late
in 1871. Professor Henry Morton, Phi. D..
was called to the presidency and he has
ever since held that position. The pres
emit faculty is a thoroughly representa-
tive one::-
Charles F. Kroeh, Dean, Chair of
Languages; Alfred M. Mayer, Phi. D.,
M. E., Chair of Applied and Experimental
Physics; De Volson Wood, M. E., Chair
of Theoretical Engineering; William r.
Bristol, M. E., c. E., Chair of Mathe-
MATES; ]. Burkitt Webb, Chair of Dyna-
mics; Charles w. MacCord, Professor of
ORA WinP- A1horf 70 r ao5e d. Ct,.s,
OF Chemistry; Thomas B. Stillman, C. E.,
Chair OF Experimental Chemistry; Rev.
Edward Wall, D.. D., A. M, Chair of
Belles-Lettres; James e. Denton, C. E.,
Experimental Mechanics Professor, and
eight assistant professors.
The graduates Of the institute number
over 600. Two of them are bank presi-
dents, three are at the head of railroad
systems, 1856 are constructing and con-
stlting engineers, seventeen are pro-
fessors and instructors in colleges and
the rest run the gamut from gentlemen
OF leisure to struggling draughtsmen.
The entrance examinations are higher in
grade han those of any similar insti-
tuition and the curriculum most severe
a rigidly followed. Only seventy-five
students are accepted each year. though
over 200 a k the preliminary amir
tions. The average number of yearly
graduates is below thirty-ive.
Tne ~natlonalities represented upon the
roster of the institute is varied in the
extreme. One graduate is a captain in
the Mexican army. Another did noble
service for his country as the commander
or a Japanese battleship in the late war
between Japan and China. Still another
IS 3 high official in the government of the
United States of Columbia. Spain and
her colonies have always been well rep
resented. with England and Germany a
close second. The Southern States send
their quota and to New Jersey alone is
usually credited about one-fourth of the
total attendance.
The celebration will be opened by a
banquet at the Waldorf on the evening
or the 18th. Bishop Potter, Andrew
Carnegie. ex-Mayor Hewitt, Seth Low,
Chauncey M. Depew and several others
equally as prominent will be guests of
honor.
On h 18th Mrs. Martha B. Stevens will
lender q reception at Castle Point to the
faculty, alumni and undergraduates. IN
the evening the students have arrange
TO hold q promenade in the German Club
house, Hudson and Sixth streets. The In
tervals between the dances will be en-
Ilvened by selections rendered by the
Stevens Institute Glee, Banjo and Mando-
lin Clubs.
An inspection Of the institute will be
allowed, and a practical exhibit given
or the progress and developments of
mechanics in this country. The exhibit
will be supervised by the students them
selves and will be held on the mornings
of both the 18th and 18th as well as the
afternoon of the 18th.