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completed the course and who had since become prominent. Such degrees
the faculty politely but firmly refused to award, and after receiving
several proposals from the Alumni Association, established a definite
policy to award regular degrees only to those who had completed the
required work.
In 1910 the Association sponsored a plan developed by
Prof. H. B. Smith, the object of which was to stimulate interest in
the Institute and to increase enrollment. Professor Smith made a
series of visits to various alumni centers, at the expense of the
Association, and did much to secure alumni cooperation in the
project. The organization of alumni in these areas was much improved
during this period. To the list of branch associations previously
existing, there had been added one at Schenectady in 1906, and the
Worcester County group in 1904. Four more were organized in 1910:
Western New York, Pittsburgh, Connecticut Valley, and Rhode
Island. The meetings of all district groups became increasingly
popular, and materially strengthened the program of the Association.
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