June 30, 1905.] 



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the ideal form of affiliation. The Institute 

 students, together with those now registered 

 in the Lawrence Scientific School, number 

 about 2,100; the Harvard College under- 

 graduates number about 2,000. The tech- 

 nical school, therefore, would be the larg- 

 est part of the combination, and would be 

 subject to its own Faculty. It would seem 

 most improbable that under these circum- 

 stances the smaller body, the great ma- 

 jority of whom are also earnest men, could 

 unfavorably affect the larger and more 

 compact professional body. 



XXI. The reciprocal privileges which 

 the plan proposes would very likely be of 

 great value to both institutions, partic- 

 ularly in the case of advanced students. 



XXII. By the plan proposed we can get 

 all the benefits of combination and coopera- 

 tion without relinquishing the power to do 

 anything we are able to do under present 

 conditions. 



XXIII. The plan proposed would be of 

 advantage to Harvard for many of the 

 reasons which have already been adduced. 



XXIV. The plan proposed would be of 

 benefit to the community by giving it on 

 the whole better advantages for technical 

 education than could be obtained in any 

 other way, and by enabling it to enthusi- 

 astically support, financially and morally, 

 a single great institution with which the 

 name of Boston and Massachusetts would 

 be everywhere associated. 



Conclusion. 

 Weighing the arguments in favor of the 

 plan and those, against it, we believe that 

 those in favor decidedly outweigh those 

 against, and that the possibilities are 

 offered us of building up a better and a 

 greater Institute of Technology than has 

 hitherto existed. We believe, moreover, 

 that the plan would be an educational bene- 

 fit not only to the Institute, but to Harvard 



University and to the community. Boston 

 would have one great technical school unit- 

 ing the forces of two great institutions, 

 and with a united community supporting 

 it. It may be anticipated that it would 

 not be allowed to suffer financially. The 

 Institute would be free, under the plan, 

 to develop in any way which might seem 

 best, and it could do anything under the 

 plan it can do at present, with the added 

 advantage of Harvard's support. We 

 could draw to us the strongest students not 

 only from this community, but from other 

 parts of the country, without suffering any 

 of the disadvantages which would arise, as 

 we believe, from the active competition of 

 a neighboring and powerful school. The 

 best way, and indeed the only way to ac- 

 complish in full measure the greatest fu- 

 ture for the Institute, would seem to us to 

 lie in securing control of the field of tech- 

 nical education in this community. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT ADVERSE TO THE 

 ALLIANCE ADOPTED BY THE FACULTY. 



In the list of advantages to the Institute 

 connected with the proposed agreement, 

 removal to the Brighton location has been 

 included by few. President Pritchett 

 does not view it with complete favor, and 

 opinions diff'er merely as to the degree of 

 disadvantage. Apart from the financial 

 question and the mandatory character of 

 the agreement in this respect, the proposed 

 site has disadvantages connected with the 

 housing and life of the students and the 

 problem of transportation. 



At present 44 per cent, of our students 

 live at their own homes, with advantage 

 to themselves and to the Institute. Un- 

 doubtedly this has an important conserva- 

 tive effect in determining the atmosphere 

 of the Institute. Removal to a more dis- 

 tant site would greatly decrease this num- 

 ber, and increase the total cost of living 



