DREXEL INSTITUTE

an educational establishment situated in Phil a delph i. Pa., founded in 1891 by Anthony. Drexel, to provide instruction in the arts and sciences, industrial technology and commercial education. The courses are open for students of both sexes and there are day and evening cla es. The tuition includes fine and applied arts, engineering, commerce and _ finance, mechanical drawing, machine construction, domestic science, mathematics, physics, chemistry and English. The courses in commerce and finance cover a comprehensive study of trade and economics, such as the production, sale and transport of commodities; corporation management; buying and selling securities; money and credit; import and keeping. There is a growing commercial museum as well as an art gallery containing valuable collections and a voluminous library. The institute also extends jts educational work by means of free public lectures and concerts. In 1922 there were 2818 students and 90 teachers under the presidency of R. G. Matheson, LL.D.