STATISTICS OF EXAMINATIONS.

The results of the applications for admission to all classes of the School of Industrial Science, thus far in the current school year, and of the examinations had thereupon, may be stated as follows:

31 were admitted without examination, either to the first year class, upon presenting certificates of clear admission to some college of reputable standing, or to the third year class, upon the presentation of diplomas of graduation from some degree-conferring institution, classical or scientific. 83 were admitted, upon examination, free of conditions; 52 were admitted, upon examination, with one condition imposed; 33 were admitted with two conditions; 6 were admitted with three conditions. 48 applicants were rejected upon examination. 27 were admitted as special students upon examination in the studies specially requisite to the partial courses which they proposed to follow.

The total number of applicants appears, therefore, to have been 280. Of those admitted upon examination 17 have not thus far entered the school. In some instances, in the case of applicants heavily conditioned, this has been due to the advice of the faculty, that a longer period be taken for preparation; in some, to a change of plans, to sickness or other causes. The total number of applicants rejected or voluntarily withdrawing was, thus, 65. Of those who were admitted upon examination as regular students, some have elected to become special students, mainly in the department of architecture.

STATISTICS OF RESIDENCE.

Not only is the aggregate attendance upon the Institute increasing, but scholars are coming to us from a constantly extending field, geographically. The students of

the School of Industrial Science are registered as from twenty-six States of the Union; in addition to which, students report themselves from Montana Territory, from the District of Columbia, and from four foreign countries. The tendency to a wide geographical extension of the constituency of the Institute is seen in a comparison of the respective proportions in which the successive classes of the regular departments are made up of students from within or from without Massachusetts. Thus, of the 29 members of the fourth year class, about to graduate, 25 are from Massachusetts, and but 2 from outside New England. Of the 37 members of the third year class, 30 are from Massachusetts, and 5 are from outside New England. Of the 61 members of the second year class, 42 are from Massachusetts, and 14 are from outside New England. Of the 145 members of the first year class, 82 are from Massachusetts, leaving 34 to come from other New England States, and 29 from outside New England. Eighteen States, besides the District of Columbia, the Territory of Montana, and two foreign countries, are represented in the membership of this class.

Of the total number of 272 students of the regular courses, in all classes, 179 are from Massachusetts, 43 from other New England States, and 50 from outside New England. Of the total number of 443 students, including special students, 288 are from Massachusetts, 57 from other New England States, and 98 from outside New England. Eight Southern States appear on our rolls, with an aggregate of 22 students.

The following table shows the number of students, of each specified class, from each State or Territory or foreign country:

PROPORTION OF OLD AND OF NEW STUDENTS.

The table following exhibits, for each year of the School's history, the distribution of the total number of students among two classes: first, those students remaining whose names are found upon the catalogue of the year preceding that for which the statement is given; and, secondly, those students whose names appear as new names upon the catalogue of the year to which the statement relates:

* This number differs from the number previously stated as having been admitted thus far in the school year, 1883-84, by three, being the number of former students of the Institute returning after an absence more or less protracted.

† In addition, five students are repeating the first year.

It will appear from the foregoing table that, since 1879, there has been a steady and rapid increase in the number of students remaining over from year to year; the number for 1879 being 102; for 1880, 121; for 1881, 136; for 1882, 173; for 1883, 231. That the rate of increase of the number of new students has in some of these years even exceeded that of the number of students remaining over, is not due to any greater tendency to drop out of the school, but to the large absolute increase in attend

ance.

PROPORTION OF REGULAR AND OF SPECIAL STUDENTS.

Still another table which has been prepared exhibits both the absolute number of regular and of special students, as by the catalogue of each successive year, and also the proportion existing between these two classes:

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