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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE 

 OF TECHNOLOGY. 



A MOVEMENT is now in progress to 

 establish a great school of technology 

 in connection with the University of 

 London. Through the efforts of Lord 

 Rosebury, chancellor of the university, 

 a sum of $2,500,000 has been sub- 

 scribed for buildings and land. The 

 London County Council has agreed to 

 contribute $100,000 a year for main- 

 tenance on condition that the govern- 

 ment and other municipalities take part 

 in the movement. In all the discussions 



great expense. The institute has re- 

 cently obtained powers from the legis- 

 lature to sell its present site should it 

 wish to do so, it having originally been 

 a condition that it forever be preserved 

 from sale. This permission was not 

 obtained without a considerable amount 

 of opposition, and the parallel bill on 

 behalf of the Society of Natural His- 

 tory has not been passed. There still 

 appears, however, to be some opposition 

 to the change. Mr. Henry A. Phillips 

 contributed to the last number of The 

 Technology Revieio a plan for develop- 



Proposkd Plan for the Enlakgememt of the Mass.^chisei'is Institlte of TtcHNOLociY. 



in regard to the establishment of this 

 school of technology, reference has been 

 made to the fact that Germany and 

 America are in advance of Great Brit- 

 ain in their provision for technical 

 education, and of all our schools, the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 is the most noteworthy. 



The institute is at present seriously 

 considering the desirability of obtain- 

 ing a now site. The land on which its 

 buildings now stand having become 

 part of the business quarter of the city, 

 land adequate for the needs of the 

 institute could only be purchased at 



ing the institute on its present site, 

 as shown in the accompanying figure. 

 The buildings now occupied by the in- 

 stitute are the Rogers, the Walker, the 

 Engineering and the Pierce buildings. 

 It is estimated that the land required 

 for the development here sketched 

 would be $1,800,000, according to the 

 assessed valuation, whereas the removal 

 of the institute would require the sacri- 

 fice of buildings worth perhaps $1,- 

 000,000. 



The Institute of Technology has this 

 year made on its educational side an 

 important advance in establishing a 



