History of Stevens n the early l87O's this country was nurturing a new social era. The move- ment was evident in two fields particularly, those of science and of edu- cation. Scientists and educators may or may not have foreseen a new era, but in the decade after l87U they increased the number of technical colleges from seventeen to eight-five. The first of such colleges established in that decade was Stevens Institute of Technology. Eor the creation of most of those colleges, thanks are due to the United States government for its generous Land Grant Act of 1882. For the creation of Stevens, thanks are due to but one man-Edwin Augustus Stevens. No other single man was more representative of the scientific and edu- cational leaders of that new era than was Edwin Augustus Stevens. This man was the son of Colonel Iohn Stevens, one of the great American scientists of the nineteenth century. Iohn Stevens was a wealthy man as well as a man of scientific ability, and his son inherited both his estate and his abilities. Wealth was to Edwin A. Stevens simply a convenience whereby he might use his scientific ability for the benefit of mankind. And mankind has truly benefited, for after a life devoted to scientific research and invention, he bequeathed a plot of ground adjoining his Castle Point estate and 38501100 for the estab- lishment of an institution of learning. Edwin A. Stevens died in 1858, and plans were promptly started for the construction of the new Institutes buildings, the organization of its faculty, and the outline of its course of study. In l87l announcement was made of the school of mechanical engineering. Two Iuniors, three Sophomores and six- teen Ereshmen enrolled, and in September, 21 students and 7 professors as- sembled for the first time in the class-rooms, laboratories and shops of Stevens Institute of Technology. A drawing card for the new Institute was its personnel. The executors of the Stevens will had become the first trustees. They chose for the first president of the Institute Dr. Henry Morton, a man whose name stands second only to -I-' -31' 'IVFW36 Twenty-one
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