The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
HARVARD AND NJ. I. r.
A Careful Analysis OF Facts Fearing Upon
Their Alliance.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: Scant
notice has been taken by any newspaper in
New York of the Importance OF the proposed
alliance of the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology and Harvard University.
Tech" has for forty years been recognized
as leader in technical education. influencing
that branch of training almost to the extent
of being the prototype Of all American tech
nical schools. and employing methods Of
teaching which have been reco gnized both at
home and abroad as standards. Proves in
sport or athletics has been relegsted to
position probably unique que in the unlted States
Track athletics and gymnasium work are all
that the students have been able to do with
s Of schoarship. Further the system ao Of
elective courses has gained no headway at
Technology. Each Of the fourteen different
OF which most parts are. dependent upon the
successful completion of the immediate pre-
bs. these ssd 1 an it, rg
methods. allowing the trend of events in other
institutions of education to have little or no
Harvard on the other hand, has developed
to the highest degree the American university
ideal, elective courses. athletic contests.
social intercourse, college spirit and magnifi-
Two years ago about s5.ooo,ooo known as
the Mckay Endowment. was left to Harvard
Lawrence Scientific School, which has always
been overshadowed by the Institute OF Tech
nology. Members Of the corporations of both
cessful men Of business. felt that to build
competing technical school within few miles
Of the institute would be unwise, and they
sought means to avoid this duplication, An
agreement was arrived az by both bodies and
submittnd to the alumni Of the Institute for an
expression OF opinion, resulting in a disap-
prevail by vote of 10 l., The faculty of the
Institute voted against the proposed merger
about so to 8. In spite of this, the corporation
passed the agreement favorably by majority
Of 4. and al present all that remains to prevent
the union il the settlement OF some legal
dif1culties by which the Harvard endo wment
can he divert ed to the Institute.
Harvard on her part Of the agreement is
turning over her scientific endowment and
equipment to the Institute is abolshns the
Lawrence Scientific School and receiving in
return representation in the Technology
CORPORATION,
The Institute Of Technology for her part of
the arran cement grees TO movero Cambridge
near Soldiers Field. accept Harvard students
in T. sasssJ H1,
own name and government.
The objection Of the Tech alumni to this
plan is that two educational institutions Of
conjunction without the larger dominating
the smaller and that the atmosphere of the
college is directly Opposed to the ideals Of the
mont Whereby Harvard and Tech students
will intermingle in classes and Fairgrounds
and vet Tech students will have, to be de-
barred from the degrees and athletic con
found. the alumni Of Tech say. TO dctract
from the serious purpose and intense concen-
tration that it has been necessary for the tech
to watch the effect on tho students OF tech
nolocy after the proposed agreement goes
into force at such affairs as foo! ball or base
own institution. so to say. lAdTHAGH.
NEW YORK, June IS.