Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03

years of continuous service to his country
and hts state. During the fifteen years of
his presidency the number Of students in
creased from 300 to l 200 and the faculty
from thirty-nine to 153.
DR.. Pritchett's Career.
In 1900 fit successor to President Walker
was found in Henry Smith Pritchett, Mis-
souri, farm boy and the SON. of a professor in
what Oliver Wendell, Holmes termed lone of
those fresh-water colleges out west" Many
Of the best men in the faculties of eastern
institutions have been trained In fresh
water" colleges, where there Is more work
than wealth and more study than style. DR..
Pritchett is a fine type OF fine western schol-
ar and also of the scientist who learned his
first lessons from nature and made his first
researches in that great laboratory which is
bounded by the horizon. INSTEAD Of brick
whatever field of activity You enter, you will
find such men from the pEairies, the little
red schoolhouses and the fresh-water" col
leges as leaders Of thought and action, and
they can measure ussfulnsss with the sons
Of any other section Of the world.
DR.. Pritchett was born ii 1857 in little
one-story farmhouse In central Missouri,
the honors' he has earned, was The president
of little Methodist Institution In the vii
lage Of Fayette, known by the comprehen-
sive name of Central College. 1t was broken
the town of Glasgow and established
''Prftchetts Institute another factory in
which rough jewelsfa rs polished and char
acter and culture are produced, ~
There Henry Smith Pritchett got his early
education and in 1875, when Miss Bernice
Morrison gave 100000 for the erection Of
an observatory and the purchase of a tele-
scope, 1T turned the course of his life and he
became an astronomer. He afterward took
degree at the University of Munich and
then began his professional life at the naval
observatory at Washington. A few years
later he took a professorship at Washing
ton University of St. Louis and remained in
the faculty of that institution for sixteen
years. In the meantime he did a great deal
of astronomical work, was director of a
long list of expeditions and the author of a
long list of reports that concerned astro-
nomicaI phenomena in various parts Of the
world. +N'
In 1897 he was appointed chief of the Unit
ed States coast survey, where he had re-
markable success, and in 1900 was called to
the presidency of the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute Of Technology, which has reached Its
highest degree of fame and usefulness TN
der his administration ttf
Aim Of the Institute.
1.-THE chief purpose of this institute" said
DR.. Prttchett, "ts to prepare its graduates
for usefulness in various professions by
giving them a broad general education In
addition to specific technical training. We
encourage our students to confine them
selves to some one field of work and give
each of them the greatest amount Of actual
practice and experience in the application
OF scientific principles to some one tech
nical profession. Every man is expected
first to master the fundamental principles
OF mathematics, chemistry and physics.
which underlie the practice of all the sci
entific professions. He is then made famfl-
lar with the special problems OF the pro-
fession he has decided to adopt by COM
bination of theoretical and practical knowl-
edge. -g
THAT is the greatest advantage of our
location here in Boston-our nearness to
manufacturing centers, where our students
can nave actual contact with the methodS
and processes and the machinery OF almost
every industry that is of Importance in the
United States. Within few miles of Bos-
ton may be found greater variety OF
manufacturing, perhaps than can be found
in any other city. There are larger in
dividual plants elsewhere, to be sure, but
nowhere can student find SO many indus
Massachusetts. The managers of these
manufacturing instirHeioneo are very liberal
and accommodating.oH dolnot know of any
at which our studentStaEespot welcome and
sist in mechanical OPERA tons of an unusual
their profit. For Example sxzsnIl last night TWEEN
ss~ Electric cur to s
railroad. That is nne Of the advantages
not run a technical, zfhodis in the country.
any more than medical school The stu
dents of one need fsGtories jas much as the
the best out Of either Without practical
contact and experience sa @ >.'s
Foremost School Of Applied Science.
Boston ''Tech'' is Recognised as the fore
most school of applied science in the world,
and 1t aims to be the leader In technical
education. by reason of the advantages I
have described. because Of the number and
ability of its faculty of 2N specialists and
it's unusual laboratory facilities. high
grade OF requirements in work and fire. /
quent and severe examinations have given
the institution reputation for turning out
f1rst-class men. It's diploma is accepted
as sufficient recommendation Of the quail
fcauons of its owner by every employer In
the United States DR.. Pritchett tells me
that 1t is remarkable fact that almost
every member of the four classes which
have graduated under Ids administration
has secured profitable professional employ
ment before the close or his course. During
the summer term the institution 10 always
visited by the owners and managers Of
factories and other large employers OF labor
seeking good men.
At their recent ten-year reunion the class
Of 1853 made canvass OF Its members.
which developed the fact that their average
~ OfoG9ionRl Income was 8,O82. Only two