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I. The Massachusetts School of Technology. 



This remarkable Institution, of University rank, has a world-wide 

 fame. In 191 1 it celebrated the jubilee of its founder. Dr. Rogers. It 

 does a great work in Research. While in this field individual members 

 of its staff have gained fame, the Institution aims rather at developing 

 "Departmental Research," i.e. Research carried on by the joint work of 

 individuals of the Department. Dozens of intricate problems, and this 

 frequently at the expense of large manufacturers, have been dealt with 

 by its departments. Problems in i. Naval construction and architect- 

 ure; 2, in Electrical Engineering, have been solved. Perhaps most re- 

 markable as showing its policy of taking up practical questions as they 

 arise has been. 3. The problem of Public Health. Seven volumes of 

 past researches have been printed as Contributions from the Sanitary 

 Research Laboratory and Sewage Experiment Station. 4. Most notable 

 is the work of the Physical Chemistry Laboratories. Ten members 

 make up the staff. The Research staff is organized as made up of pro- 

 fessors, associate professors, and assistant professors. The Associates 

 and Assistants do not teach, but deal only with practical work. 

 Research Conferences are held by the whole staff every week of the 

 Session A vast amount of work is done, and the enormous sums saved 

 by manufacturers stand to the credit of the faculty. 



2. Cincinnati & Pittsburgh Universities Co-operative Plan. 



In these two Universities the Engineering Departments are carried 

 on by a close co-operation of the Faculty with certain manufacturers 

 in their several cities. The students for Engineering are carefully se- 

 lected as to their ability and attainments. In the first of these Uni- 

 versities there is a waiting list of several hundred applicants for entrance. 

 The students for Engineering are divided into two shifts; and each shift 

 takes week about in shop and classroom. For their shop work the stu- 

 dent apprentices receive the fixed pay of the mechanics of similar status 

 beside them. Each alternate week the student confers with his pro- 

 fessor and on his efficiency receives his credits. The connecting link be- 

 tween the shop and the classroom is the Shop Co-ordinator, who is a 

 highly paid College graduate acquainted with shop practice. He spends 

 every morning in the University classroom and every afternoon in the 

 shops, giving advice and direction to the students. The Yearly course 

 extends over ten months and the remaining two months are employed 

 in doing remunerative work on railways or in factories. The Course lasts 

 over four or five years and the plan is said to be popular with the 

 manufacturers. 



