5? 1-4 mmmiinugnnnnnnninni mnninilnniinuniin lil l lbjnilill .59 illll iun5gunnannnniiiinnnmlqnnngiinmg gg . z . M.-urn-U ix is - V pr' b . . VF !!!lll!ftilll!ll! :mini lllfllllllll l ill . History of Stevens STEVENS INSTITUTE, the first College of Mechanical Engineering in the country, is the outgrowth of a bequest in the will of the late Edwin Augustus Stevens, dated April 15, 1867, in which there was left for the purpose of establishing a College of Mechanical Engi- neering, a large sum of money, and the plot of land on Castle Heights, Hoboken, bounded by Hudson Street, River Street, and Fourth and Sixth Streets. About two years ago, the Trustees added to the original site seven acres of historic land at Castle Point, originally owned by Colonel John Stevens. This land, which has been held by the Stevens family for 143 years, had been confiscated by the British Government during the American Revolution. It overlooks the old duelling grounds on the heights above the Hudson, where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton. The purchase of land north of Castle Stevens, originally the Manor House of the Stevens family, from Richard Stevens, rounded out the 1nstitute's holdings and completed tl1e effort begun by the late Dr. Humphreys, who had succeeded in 1911 in raising funds to buy the Castle itself from the children of Richard Stevens. Dr. Morton, the first President, was appointed by 'the Trustees in 1870 under the will of Edwin A. Stevens fthe founderj. President Morton was a general scientist who won wide notice early in life as the translator of the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone, discovered by excavation during Napoleon's occupation of' Egypt, and of great value in tracing the faint trail of ancient history. His work at the Institute was that of organizing a course for which there was no precedent -namely, the qualification for the degree of mechanical engineer. Although modified by the 17
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