Institute of Technology.

The annual report of President Francis A. Walker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows the number of students to be 1,011, an increase of 74 over that of last year, and the 1,000 mark is reached for the first time in the history of the institution. There are fifty graduates from colleges giving degrees, 8 of them from the Institute itself, 10 from Harvard and 5 from Amherst. The District of Columbia and 38 States are represented, 565 men coming from Massachusetts, 112 from other parts of New England, and 334 from outside New England. There are 38 men from foreign countries.

At the entrance examinations last June 87 men had no conditions, 87 had one, 51 two, 32 three, and only 8 with more than three. Of these, 53 did not enter. There are 26 women present, their studies being chemistry, biology, physics, sanitary engineering, political science and architecture.

Not counting specials and first-year men, there are 81 civil engineering students, 104 mechanical engineering, 17 mining engineering, 33 architecture, 23 chemistry, 108 electrical engineering, 11 biology, 5 physics, 19 general course, 28 chemical engineering, 9 sanitary engineering, and 3 geology. There are now in the Institute 12 professors, 13 associate professors, 8 assistant professors, 42 instructors, and 18 lecturers for 1891-92.