. The street railway review . eme. Rev. Frank W. Gun-saulus, , then pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church,was made president of the Institute in 1892. Dr. Gunsaulus drewabout him the members of the original faculty. The original plan of the Institute included some higher tech- Oct. is, iSqq STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 645 iiiial Iraiiiiiin, ilic xccipr nl wlmli iini .ii first precisely llif iiii| li. llir cnniiininily of tins IjraJicli of educationwas streiuioiisly iiiKid liy |p(impiis whose opinions were entitledto coiisiclci;iii(.n, aricl l
. The street railway review . eme. Rev. Frank W. Gun-saulus, , then pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church,was made president of the Institute in 1892. Dr. Gunsaulus drewabout him the members of the original faculty. The original plan of the Institute included some higher tech- Oct. is, iSqq STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 645 iiiial Iraiiiiiin, ilic xccipr nl wlmli iini .ii first precisely llif iiii| li. llir cnniiininily of tins IjraJicli of educationwas streiuioiisly iiiKid liy |p(impiis whose opinions were entitledto coiisiclci;iii(.n, aricl liy llie ni;iny apidicalions forexteniliil rmu m s of cnKineerinn svliich were received as soon asthis purpose of the Institute became known. Accor<lin){ly. fnllfonr-year courses were planned, and in iSys, after the Institute hadheen in successful operation for two years, its cor|)orate name waschaUKed from ,\rinour Institute to .\rmour InstiliUe of Technol-ogy. In lH()X the course ill science was added, and this year civil. AKMOUR INSTITUTE. engineering was included. The courses now offered in mechanicalengineering, electrical engineering, architecture, science and civilengineering are leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. The growth of the Institute is on a parallel with that of Chi-cago. When the school was launched in 1893 there was naturallymuch speculation on the part of those interested as to the nutnberof applicants for admission, and estimates of from 300 to 500 weredeemed extravagant. During the first year apiilications werereceived, and 1,050 students enrolled; the second year there were1,087; the tliird, I,I2J, and the fourth year, 1,200 students. River, Bridges and Viaducts. The Chicago River, fine of the hest known in the coiititry, thoughonly a few miles in lenglh, is both serviceable and notrjrioiis. Itwas rjnce little more than a good sized creek draining the marshlands upon which the city has been built, but the millions ofdollars which have been
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