New-York tribune., 1906-04-09

-.a,e- facilities tnan ihe colleges afforded till
- aa.e treepsndent sechnoloeicsi sc1oola
-. a,s almost universities n tlegaseires and
- -nat are che most popular narts ~ re
s.rstfes - which they belong
:. 7 r,av venture row. 81 compliance with yoiir
-.,.-;son n state very br:eay ;hs extent and
&c - iris development. there Is more TIA,
-. -srqt reed for OR native American nodezty
= o,.er all 3; is TO no country man Of orr ovrn
e. ar Taglsffaa. over two centuries ago t,,a+
s,ro- telongs gor the ars; suggestion OF sc,,oo!s
: asrslop science for the arts ard TO educate
ven for industries dependent on seieatteo
.rs,r Every American technologicai school
.--ss A. the start respectful salute to the Mar
is a, worcester
e.s s-st independent school Of the kind was the
..,ser Polytechnic. IN the state Of New York
,,,s.d ir -S24. and the first added 10 existing
.so,i vas the scientific COURSE in Union College
Y-,ior University, in the same state, started
- ~ fhe century. but developed into fun
-.es in engineering IL le45. Union was hard
-.ssed fer priority. however, by the great Shelf
- scientific school Of Tale University. which
80 o-lv -vo years later. During and after the
Sgssi war others sprang up rapidly in all parts
!, =. co,ntrv The names Of some of the inde-
.s.rt ones must be familiar 10 goa. such the
1e.,zsshgsetts Institute of Technology. the Ste
- 7,sritl.-e Of Technology in New Jersey. the
-. T-r,vsrsitv o. Pennsylvania, the Worcester
o.,r..,bn5c IN Massachusetts the Case School OF
- science in Ohio. Purdue in Indiana and
-. .r-,our institute Of Technology in Chicago.
s-tac schools forming parts Of universities were
s..,o7sd with even more rapidity It viii he
t =, -1srtion besides those already named.
se,,,,, ,f AIires in Columbia. the Sblsg Col
= "a tra College of Civil Engineering IN Cor
- lawrence Scientific School in Harvard.
-. ,--se, school Of Science fr Princetoa. the
.-,.-srs- and Thayer Schools in Dartmouth, the
,,r..s ~ Technology in Tulane Universifg- Ne-F
ol.a,z. the four Engineering Schools in Michigan
,-+,s-sit-- the college Of Mechanic and Engineer
fsy- Of SCieI--
re- schools in the University % Chicago. IN the
,.,-sifv ~ Illinois and IN the two great univers-
- she Pacific Coast-Csliforni2 and Leland
Stanford
:. ~sx york. the carnegie Institute for original
,b a. washington or the multitude If other
.,ools further down on the educational ladder
,birh bsvs done work of incalculahle value Tor
.o,,n+rv-techflical schools trade schools, me
l.rfss- Institutes school for manual training.
-,,ols If commerce. etc. With rs these are not
-,-.,l,- included IN The university system. But
-, r,r,ber Of schools in related to that system
bcb give instruction justifyng degree in science
oA- ,v.o hundred ard fo- degrees in engineering
over hundred more Let me add as a s'riklns
rr...-s+ior of the way part OF the world Is
.i -a,.ol,lifcrized that Of these degrees for
-.a.rine one-hslf now are for electrical engi-
useTirE
,.rs ~ these schools has money enough. though
many af them have considerable amounts f1rS''
rf 1'0'Ai'+N
,-frrflv endowment from one man and his wife
- ssr-rser thirty-hve ard forty millions Of dol
f,-s o- sav from seven TO eight million pounds
,,sv- comes Columbia. with over six million pounds;
,her Harvard. with about hve and A half mlhonF'
80 .le, chicago with nearly four millions. and
cornell. with nearly three. The great work ot
~. tss heer Done with true Connecticut thrift.
s,rrs it cannot vet count UP quite two millions
If ponnds and thar Of Johns Hopkins. hriefer but
slso greet has been achieved with an endoWmehI
,sai runs little above one million. The Carnegie
T,sii.utA Al Washington has Two millions Many
~ the other institutions Of higher learning are far
less adequately provided for: bat in general It NAV
Re said that tie republic is more liberal with IT'S
schools than with anything else In no other held
do is private citizens display more generosity, and
as for public expenditure. give but hlustra-
tisn may be mentioned thar the single state OF
YeF York spent 1905 from the public treasures,
STATE and local. for its schools. in the neighbor-
hoo5 nine million pounds. AS yet the colleges
and universities throughout the country, wholly or
n large part supported bv the government are not
the richest. but st seems now probable that in time
tome Of them will be
Ht0 of t"sirucfion does this liberal expendi-
fuTr seeure7 Well in the particular field we have
bran considering that of scientific and technology
csl schools. il may prove satisfactory answer to
sive some outline Of what is required and under
taken hy one of Them certainly standing in the
front rank. the Massacnusett Institute Of Tech
aoloss.
II equfres for admission that the applicant must
be at least seventeen years old and must have
passed satisfactory examinations in algebra plane
and solid geometry. physics. history. either United
States or ancient English and elementary French
ard German. Besides out Of seven other elective
s'ad'es Latin chemistry. mechanical drawing etc,
he must rass in one.
II undertakes p give him instruction from
faculty containing seYenty-two regular members
besides list OF occasional instructors and assist
z f#zf f, 4Lr i've
tlte catalogue II places him among 100 other stu
denrs ID gives him four years course OF instruc-
ton, q watch the fundamental elements are mathe-
lHatcs. Z .efnistry and physics i offers him his
choice II thirteen distinct undergraduate courses
civil mechanical mining. chemical electrical and
saHita-s engineering chemistry. physics general
science biology. geology architecture and naval ar
caitecy-re For each the curriculum naturally va
yes hlt n all English. French and German are re-
oired Uftn Tinted States and European history
and most of them Political economy besides the
sr7cisl aethemst.cs chemicsl ana rhvsicaI studies
aaanted lho particular coIrse A line or vacation
fead.Hg iu literature history 7Ed general science is
also rT.diy marked out. ard reports it re-
CURED before the -ext Years studies begin To
isofttate MS work The student = given the use or
engineering laboratories rosearrIi labora tories for
physical ,hemist-s. laboratories for industrial
eh'm'st1 ard textile oolouE laboratories for cleo
iFraI engineering mechanical Laboratories, sani-
taTv research laboratory and sewage experiment
etaf or- and finally = gymnasium. libraries and
museum The lul:o- fec for all this is fifty pounds
te-f. hat students WHO cannot afford it are re
eafS'ee = ro1al1arfoate with Tie scholarship com
a't'e, q tto fac4It,."
Hor worp sad.rfs secF This scientific Instruction.
Provided ~ such cu-iay and offered in such va
res We'll. rte Massa achusstts Institute Of Tech
'os bs7 - 80 beer said. about 1900 in
7l'haano-- ard its regular stuGents for the fourth
.esF 1e-1aered last YEAR "a. The Rensselaer, Poly
a1 ta1 2s7 in All last year with 81 IN the
-'ae lass. re Sheffield at Yale had liza in all,
80 - r. fa- seE;or class. the Lawrence at Har-
VIC. - M .n Isrrna .chnnl 1t princet on.