March 6, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



363 



Juniors 20 



Seniors 12 



Total 132 



and the eurollment at the end of the last 



ten-years period was : 



Freshmen 87 



Sophomores "8 



Juniors 48 



Seniors 55 



Total 2(i8 



The enrollment at the beginning of this 

 school year was: 



Freshmen 115 



Sophomores 09 



Juniors 62 



Seniors 50 



Total 206 



Though by these last comparisons it ap- 

 pears that we have only something more 

 than double the number of students to care 

 for than we had twenty years ago, the 

 practical facts are that in our upper classes 

 we have nearly five times as many to in- 

 struct; and, as most of our class- and 

 lecture-rooms can accommodate only about 

 fifty students, the lower classes have to be 

 taught in sections, requiring the professors 

 and instructors to duplicate much of their 

 work. 



This all means that we need larger class- 

 and lecture-rooms, larger chemical and 

 physical laboratories and shops, a general 

 auditoriiuu, additional equipment and ad- 

 ditional instructors. 



Another addition, which should be made, 

 is at least one doi-mitory. 



To complete our coui'se in four years re- 

 quires of the students hard work and long 

 hours. It is thus incumbent on us to do 

 our utmost to keep the students in good 

 working condition, mentally and physically. 



To this end they should have cheerful, 

 comfortable, sanitar.y, though simple, lodg- 

 ings, and plain, wholesome and attractive 

 food. Men so cared for and provided with 

 facilities for intelligent recreation should 



be able to safely undertiike a large amount 

 of work, and should be less liable to seek 

 relaxation in hai-mful pleasures. 



I am most anxious to promptly secui'e 

 such an addition to our plant as will en- 

 able us to offer these more attractive and 

 elevating surroundings to those of our stu- 

 dents who in coming to us are cut off from 

 home influences. 



This would add to the cares and responsi- 

 bilities of the administrative officers, but 

 it would also give us additional opportu- 

 nities to influence the students for good. 



It would also tend to cultivate a healthier 

 college spirit and to attract more men from 

 the several sections of the country, which 

 would in itself be bi-oadening and mellow- 

 ing to the student body. 



On the basis of the present fees for in- 

 struction the original Stevens endowment 

 was at first ample to furnish the additional 

 income required to meet the difference 

 between the yearly expenses and the income 

 from students. That dift'erence now 

 amounts to about $100 per year per stu- 

 dent. The original endowment would now 

 be entirely inadequate to meet oxir devel- 

 oped requirements, and even with the addi- 

 tions made by Dr. ]\Iorton from time to 

 time, aggregating $150,000, the Carnegie 

 Laboratory and its special endowment of 

 $100,000, $30,000 given at the time of our 

 twenty-fifth anniversary by Mi"s. E. A. 

 Stevens, Sr., and other additions by mem- 

 bere of the Stevens family, our endowment 

 is insufficient to meet present needs, to say 

 nothing of the additions i-equired to be 

 made to our plant and our teaching staff 

 as already outlined. Expenditures which 

 the trustees, upon my earnest recommenda- 

 tion, have ali'eady authorized lead me to 

 fear a deficit at the end of this school year. 

 Against this it is encouraging to note that 

 provision is already being made to meet 

 some of the deficiencies in our plant. 



