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Volume SO ~ Number 2 -BULLETIN OF THE Massachusetts Institute of Technology BOSTON REPORTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER- ,, ~ESENTED AT THE DECEMBER 7ING OF THE CORPORATION ._ ~iill T Tlq l , M~/q$ f TABLE OF CONTENT~. THE CORPORATION," PAGE Members of the Corporation ................. 5 Committees of the Corporation ................ 6 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. Changes in the Corporation and Facuity ............ 9 The Students ....................... I4 Some Events of the Year ................... 15 So~ e Problems of the Future .............. I9 Agret .ment between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ha., yard University .................... 26 REPORTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS. Report of the Secretary of the Faculty ............. 29" Report of the Dean ...................... 3! Report of the Medical Adviser ................ 34 Report of the Librarian ................... 37 Report of the Registrar: Statistics ............... 44 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS. Civil En~neering and Sanitary Engineering ........... 61 Mechanical Engineering . .................. 65 Mining Engineering and Metallurgy .............. 68 Architecture ......................... 7~ Chemistry and Chemical Engineering ............. 8t Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry ........... 86 Electrical Engineering .................... 87 Biology and Public Health .................. 94 Sanitary Research Laboratory and Sewage Experiment Station . 96 School for Health Officers ................... 97 Physics ........................... 98 Geology .... : ...................... to2 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering .......... Io6 Drawing and Descriptive Geometry .............. Io9 English ........................... Ixo Economics and Statistics ....................I t I History of Political Science .................. x x2 Modern Languages ......................Ix3 Mathematics ..................... n4 SOCIETY OF ARTS ........................ I17 LL ....... 4 CONTENTS, I PUBLICATIONS. PAGE The Institute ........................ II8 Civil Engineering ...................... z I8 Mechanical Engineering ................... xI9 Mining Engineering and Metallurgy .............. !I9 Architecture ........................ I2O Chemistry and Chemical Engineering ............. I2O Research Laboratory of Physical Chemistry ........... I2X Electrical Engineering .................... !2I Biology and Public Health, Sanitary Research Laboratories and Sewage Experiment Station .. ............... !23 Physics ........................... I24 Geology .......................... I25 Economics and Statistics ................... !26 Modern Languages ..................... !26 Mathematics ........................ I26 REPORT OF THE TREASURER. ! M mbers of Corporation. President. Secretary.~ RICHARD C. MACLAURIN. JAMES P, MUNROE. II Treasurer. i FRANCIS R. HART. Life Members. HOWARD A. CARSON. ROBERT S. PEABODY. FRANCIS H. WILLIAMS. ELIHU THOMSON. JAMES P. TOLMAN. ELLIOT C. LEE. IiOWARD STOCKTON. JAMES P. STEARNS. HIRAM F. MILLS. FREDERICK P. FISH. PERCIVAL LOWELL. FRANCIS L. HIGGINSON. SAMUEL M. FELTON. CHARLES A. STONE. ! DESMOND FITZGERALD, FRANCIS R. HART. CHARLES W. HUBBARD. T. COLEMAN DU PONT. THOMAS L. LIVERMORE. ARTHUR F. ESTABROOK. GEORGE WIGGLESWORTH. OHN M. LONGYEAR. HN R, FREEMAN. NEST W. BOWDITCH. LLIAM H. LINCOLN. EVERETT MORSS. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL. THEODORE N. VAIL. MES P. MUNROE, WILLIAM ENDICOTT. LLIAM L. PUTNAM. W. CAMERON FORBES. A, FARWELL BEMIS, Term Members. Term expires March, IpI6. '!i Term expires March, zOzS. FRANK W. ROLLINS. ARTHUR WINSLOW. EDWIN S, WEBSTER. HENRY HOWARD. EDWARD CUNNINGHAM. HENRY A. MORSS. Terra ~pires March, xgrT. Term expires March, xOzS. EBEN S. STEVENS. CHARLES T. MAIN. i LOUIS A. FERGUSON. CASS C ILBERT. ARTHUR D. LITTLE. CHARLES HAYDEN. Term Expires March, x9~9. FRANKLIN W. HOBBS. FREDERIC H. FAY. GERARD SWOPE. Representatives of the Commonwealth. HIs EXCELLENCY, DAVID t. WALSH, Gwoernor. HON. ARTHUR P. RUGG, Chief J~.~lice of the Supreme Court. DAVID SNEDDEN, Commissioner of F_.dur tAddrr correspondence to Profeasor AIIFne L, Merrill.SecretarF of the Faculty. (5} m [ Committees of Corporation. Executive Committee. RICHARD C. MACLAURIN. t/~z O~to. FRANCIS R. HART. CHARLES A. STONE. EVERETT MORSS. FREDERICK P. FISH. ELIHU THOMSON. THOMAS L. LIVERMORE. Finance Committee. FRANCIS 11. HART. GEORGE WIGGLESWORTH. CHARLES W. HUBBARD. JAMES P. STEARNS. ARTHUR F. ESTABROOK. Committee on the Society of Arts. FRANCIS H. WILLIAMS. HIRAM F. MILLS. HOWARD A. CARSON. HENRY HOWARD. Auditing Committee. .~:~ JAMES P. TOLMAN. EDWIN S. WEBSTER. WILLIAM L. PUTNAM. Nominating Committee. THOMAS L. LIVERMORE. JOHN R. FREEMAN. GEORGE WIGGLESWORTH. WILLIAM H. LINCOLN. CHARLES A. STONE. ) Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts. RIC~RD C. MACLAURIN. ROBERT S. PEABODY. EDWARD J. HOLMES. VISITING COMMITTEES. VISITING COMMITTEES. Department of Civil Engineering. DESMOND FITZGERALD. JOHN 11. FREEMAN. HOWARD A. CARSON, SAMUEL M. FELTON. 'Department of Mechanical Engineering. JAMES P. TOLMAN. CHARLES T. MAIN. FRANKLIN W HOBBS. Departments of Mining and Geology. ARTHUR WINSLOW. JOHN M. LONGYEAR. T. COLEMAN DU PONT. CHARLES HAYDEN. Department of Architecture. ROBERT S. PEABODY. FRANCIS L. HIGGINSON. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL. CASS GILBERT. Department of Physics. EBEN S. STEVENS. ELLIOT C. LEE, HOWARD A, CARSON. Department of Electrical Engineering. EDWIN S. WEBSTER. THEODORE N. VAIL. LOUIS A. FERGUSON. GERARD SWOPE. Departments of Histor~ and Political Economy. JAMES P. MUNROE. DAVID SNEDDEN. FRANK W, ROLLINS. Departments of Modern Languages and English, JAMES P. MUNROE. DAVID SNEDDEN, FRANK W. ROLLINS. Department of Msthemaflcs. WILLIAM L. PUTNAM. PERCIVAL LOWELL, HENRY A. MORSS. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. ARTHUR D. LITTLE. EDWA~D CUNNINGHAM. ERNEST W. BOWDITCH. HENRY HOWARD, Department of Biology end Public Health. FRANCIS H. WILLIAMS. HIRAM F. MILLS. FREDERIC H. FAY. Department of Naval Architecture end Marine Engineering. HENRY A. MORSS. WILLIAM H. LINCOLN, HENRY HOWARD. tpert of pre$ibtnt. To THE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION: In accordance with the by-laws I beg to submit to your Corporation at its annum meeting, a report of the affairs of the Institute, appending, as usual, reports from other administrative officers with reference to the work of their special departments. CHANGES IN TH~ CORPORATION AND FACULTY. Since the last annual meeting your Corporation has suffered the loss by death of three of its member--Mr. William Endicott, its senior member, Mr. Eben S. Draper, and Mr. Lucius Tuttle. Writing in 191I on" file occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the grant- ing of the Institute's charter, Mr. Endicott said: "It has been one of the greates~t pleasures of my life to watch the Tech's triumphant progress from small beginnings to its present assured position as one of the leading scientific institutions of the world." Those who know the history of 1:he Institute intimately will appreciate how much the progress to which Mr. Endicott referred was due to his tireless efforts in its behalf. He was a member of its Cor- poration from the beginning, was interested in every phase of its activity, but took special care of its financial con- dition. He joined the Finance Committee at the outset and continued to serve on that Committee almost until the end. For six years, from I866 to I87I, he held the important office of Treasurer. He was instrumental in securing for the Institute a very large share of the finan- cial support that it received in the early critical days of its history. It was largely on his advice that Mr. Henry I;I IO MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. L. Pierce became so munificent a benefactor, bequeathing to the Institute nearly a million dollars, and it was through his persistent efforts that the Rogers Fund of over one- . quarter of a million dollars was raised in 1883 as a memorial to President Rogers. In the statement made with regard to that memorial, Mr. Endicott said, "If he (Rogers) could now speak, I am sure that he would tell us that no testimonial could be so grateful to him as to place upon ! sure foundations the Institute to which he gave so many ! of the closing years of his life." The support came at a ': critical time and helped very materially to give the Insti- tute the stability that it needed. Mr. Endicott continued i his interest to the last, contributing generously to the fund raised a few years ago for the purchase of a new site and adding substantially to the general funds of the Insti- tute ~y his bequest, i: Mr. Draper was a former student of the Institute, whose active participation in business as one of the leading manu- facturers of the Commonwealth gave him a first-hand knowledge of the needs of higher technical education. He i carried the scientific method that makes for efficiency into the administration of a great business and into the direction i of the affairs of the Commonwealth when he served it as ~ Governor. His interest in the welfare of the Institute was exhibited in countless ways, and in addition to his bene- ~ : factions during his lifetime, he bequeathed a hundred : ~ thousand dollars for its general purposes. .... The most recent loss is that of Mr. Lucius Tutfle, who ' has been a member of your Corporation since 19Ol. He . believed thoroughly in the Institute's system of education, particularly in its gospel of work and was always ready to help its advancement. He was keenly interested in the students and found time to address their societies in spite of the