Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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TEN YEARS OF TECH Elsewhere in this number of “The Thistle” will doubtless appear many allusions to the interesting fact that with the 1915 Commencement, the Carnegie Institute of Technology completes the first decade in her history. The story of the ten years would be a long one in the telling, as few educational institutions have been so fortunately situated as to travel so far in such a comparatively short period of time, but it can be condensed into a little group of figures that will serve to fix in the mind some conception of what our growth has been. 1905-06 1914-15 Number of students. 765 3223 Faculty 61 211 Graduates 00 1410 Numbers of Departments . 12 32 Number of Buildings 2 10 Annual Expenditures .... S 72,540.40 S 530.746.36 Endowment 2,000,000.00 8,000,000.00 Grounds 350,000.00 350.000.00 Buildings 858,375.38 4,222,000.00 Estimated for 1915. The actual number of graduates in 1914 was 1225. Arthur W. Tarhki.l, Registrar. February 24, 1915. Page Eighteen

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William P. Field, B. A Secretary Page Seventeen

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Arthur W. Tarhkll Registrar Page Nineteen