front. It was clear that nothing could be hoped for, if it continued to amble on after the usuul routine, in direct competition with other bet ter equipped and famous schools. The attempt was then begun to make the work more attractive than it was in part, at least, in some of the other mining schools, and to offer intending students the training they desired. Also it was purposed to afford an opportunity for numerous students who wished to engage in mining and metallurgic al pursuits, but who would not enter any school that had the usual stere otyped course. The work was planned to draw students not only from the state but from outside. The past seven years have demon strated the wisdom of the introduc tion of new and original courses, in the remarkable advance in its attend ance, the positions of its graduates, and in the development of a curriculum beyond that now in op eration in any other mining school in the world. This School was found one of the small mining schools of the country, it is left the fifth in size amongst the large mining schools in the United States and one of the large ones in the world. In the United States it is only exceeded in attendance by Colorado, California, Michigan, and Missouri,and it is rapidly gaining up on them ; while it has for several years been the largest in the State of Pennsylvania. Statistics show that no other school of mines in the United States has made anything like the same regular advance during the period between 1901 and 1908, as in most the gain has been s'ow, or ihey have been nearly stationary, or vaccillat• ing, or retrograding. Above in Table I. is given the at tendance in the leading mining schools of the country, so far as the data are at hand, for the past eight years. THE STATE COLLEGIAN Students in Mining,School 1 0 00-8 1 University of California 2 Case School of Applied Science 3 Colorado Schools of Mines ... 4 Columbia University 5 Hai yard UniYersity 6 University of Idaho 7 lowa State College 8 Lafayette College 9 Lehigh University 10 Leland Stanford University.... 11 Massachusetts Institute of Tech 12 Michigan College of Mines 13 University of Minnesota 14 Missouri School of Mines 15 Montana School of Mines 16 University of North Dakota... 17 State University of Ohio 18 Pennsylvania State College 19 University of Pittsburg 20 Washington State College .... 21 University of Washington 22 University of Wyoming The purpose of the School has been to prepare its students for win ning the mineral wealth of the earth in whatsoever form it may occur, and to prepare it for market. For doing this the ground has been laid out very fully; but the School has reached a point where it needs to have strong additions made to its teaching force in order to keep pace with the rapid increase in attendance. Further, to do the work that should be done the instructors should not be overworked as at present, but be given time for re search and publication. This is necessary if the original design is car ried out to make this School in every way one of the foremost mining schools in the world. An advanced curriculum and large attendance are only two of the factors; there must be further equipment on a broad scale and the best of teachers and investigators It must be a "School of Research" as well as one giving the usual instruction. It has been my wish throughout my connection with the College to see it a genuine University in methods and spirit, and I have worked for this so far as I was able. I certainly hope that this will be ac 1900-1 1901-2 1902-3 1903-4 1P04.5 1905-8 1906-7 1907-8 . 252 288 285 285 281 275 . 21 37 41 A 28 25 37 . 244 214 290 294 300 .. 155 209 225 173 160 132 .42 67 75 68 66 68 20 6 29 31 41 46 37 . 18 19 39 25 29 38 .. 17 24 22 27 27 31 39 . 51 41 70 69 83 107 115 . 89 83 82 124 115 112 . 85 116 129 137 132 123 101 118 .1,6 197 221 238 223 234 239 253 .. 109 111 106 121 138 .. 192 209 194 222 215 210 206 . 42 59 57 61 67 1 10 12 15 19 25 .. 48 49 40 46 60 65 .. 27 26 52 73 88 114 142 162 ..3143 2 9 7 8 .. 25 22 22. 21 22 31 .. 51 67 61 55 72 .. 24 15 13 14 11 complished during the present in coming administration. In accordance with this I have desired to see a College of Mines and Metallurgy, with its Schools of Metallurgy, Inorganic Geology. Or ganic Geology, •Mining, and Cera mics, including at least twenty five departments; and coordinate with the Colleges of Agriculture,Language and Literature, Philosophy, Physical Science, Natural Science and Engi neering, of "The State University of Pennsylvania." If the selection of the new Dean is made wisely and he is given a free hand, this School can not only continue its rapid advance and even stand first in the country; but its present curriculum can be carried out easily and with less relative ex pense than are the usual courses. This can be readily seen by the fact that for the first eight years prior to 1901 the average cost of instruction per student under the old system was $226 each, sometimes running as high as $321; while the average cost per student in the seven years since that time under the new system has been $75.00 or for the past three years $3B, s3o, and $37 respec tively.
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