Lawrence Scientific School.

This year the Lawrence Scientific School begins the most promising winter in its history. It is larger in every way; the facilities are extended, the staff of instructors is increased, the courses are more numerous and varied, and what is the best indication of its growth, the number of students is almost doubled, making now a total attendance of about 300. The gratifying part of this increase is that many of the new comers are graduates from other colleges, intending to pursue here a particular course of study. Twelve or fifteen have entered from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and four or five from Sheffield, many of them to advanced standing.

Perhaps this increase is due in large measure to Professor I. N. Hollis, who succeeds Professor W. H. Burr, recently resigned to accept a position at Columbia. Professor Hollis is a man who has had wide experience in engineering lines and is an expert in his subject. He was assistant engineer in the navy department, has designed the engines of several new large vessels, and has been with the Bureau of Steam Engineering at Washington. He will have here seven courses under his direct charge, including an entirely new one in mechanical engineering. The following are some of the changes in the staff of instructors: Mr. J. C. Wait has resigned and Mr. D. L. Turner has been appointed to his place, with Mr. Swendsen as assistant. Mr. Turner is a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytecnic Institute of Troy. Mr. W. V. Moses, graduate of University of Michigan, has been appointed instructor in drawing. This is new position this year. Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Johnson will assist him. Mr. Giblin has been reappioted instructor in bridge work, construction and hydraulic machinery, and Mr. Adams, as before, will conduct the courses in dynamo and electric engineering. The most significant change is the introduction of an entirely new course in architecture to be given by Mr. H. L. Warren, the Boston architect. This course will count towards a degree in the arts or sciences, with the ultimate idea, probably, of extending the study so that the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture may be given.

The advantages of the school are much more marked this year than ever before. Most important is the fact that the use of the Cambridge Manual Training School workshop has been secured. The result of this is to bring about the complete remodelling and bettering of the mechanical engineering course. The courses in civil engineering have also been extended. They will be under the charge of Professor Hollis, as well as the courses in engineering, mechanics, and strength of materials. The old Pudding building is also being fitted up for use by the Scientific School.