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When MIT Was "Boston Tech"

When MIT Was "Boston Tech"

1861-1916

by Samuel C. Prescott
Paperback
Publication Date: 17/03/2003

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This book is more than formal history. It is a personal report, an essay in interpretation and remembrance which is important both for what it tells about MIT's first half-century and for what it tells about what Dean Prescott found important and interesting in that half-century.Dean Prescott was associated with the Institute for nearly two thirds of a century. He knew the Institute from the vantage points of student, teacher, department head, dean, alumnus, and parent. He had a formative influence on its policy-making and was an articulate protagonist of the Institute's program and policies. He viewed MIT's formative years not only with an expert's understanding but out of a deep sense of loyalty and devotion. This book is a testament of faith in an institution, an earnest statement of the author's abiding belief in the staff, students, and alumni he has known. Dean Prescott's account begins four years before the first instruction was given on February 20, 1865 at "Boston Tech" in the vicinity of Copley Square, Boston and concludes with the Institute's establishment in Cambridge in 1916.
ISBN:
9780262661393
9780262661393
Category:
Higher & further education
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
17-03-2003
Language:
English
Publisher:
MIT Press Ltd
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x25mm
Weight:
0.61kg

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