Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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HL THE BI UB PRINT Department of Chemistry HE department of Chemistrj- is one of the most important in tlie school. With the exception of Commerce, every course at Tech includes at least one year of Chemistry. In addition to this is the regular four-year course in Engineering Chemis- try. This course is one of the best to be found for prepara- tion for work as a manufacturing chemist. A general knowledge of shop work and drawing is also gained in this course. Some electrical engineer- ing and higher mathematics, together with the chemistry taught, give an excellent opportunity in chemical manufacturing, a field which is con- stantly broadening. The department has been established for a long time, and under the leadership of Dean Emerson is making rapid strides. The number of students taking the four-year course has never been very large, partly on account of the long and confining hours in the laboratory, necessary to give the practical side. The few who graduate in this course, however, have heretofore met with surprising success. In addition to these students in the regular course, those taking the course in Textile Engineering are required to take a great deal of advanced chemistry in this department. The degree awarded for the four-year course is that of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Chemistry. Department of Textile Engineering The Textile Department of Georgia Tech was founded in 1S99 and fur- nished the first opportunity for southern boys to olitain instruction in the manufacture of cotton goods without having to go to other parts of the country. Since its installation the department has grown constantly. The leading cotton manufacturers of the South, with remarkable foresight, donated machines and money in order that they might be assured of trained men for their factories. Many others, including cotton machinery concerns, gave valuable machinery. Through these gifts and additions made by the school the department has accumulated such a variety of machines for the manufacture of textiles that they are able to carry out the entire process from the bale to the finished fabric. The yarn required in the weaving rooms is made in the carding and spinning departments. It is most unfortunate that so much of the cotton grown here has been sent East to be made into cloth and then sent back and sold here at enormous profits to the eastern manufacturers. The trouble has been the lack of skilled manufacturers here. Georgia has abundant water power and vmtold natural resources. With the advent of trained men into the textile industry in the South there is no reason wliy the South should not have the benefit of her own products. Tech has already sent many men into this field, with ever-increasing results. This department at Tech has become the most complete cour.se in Textile Engineering in the Country. We are proud of it and look to it as a great factor in tlie future of the textile industry in the South. Twcnty-fovr IS Jil m

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m the: bluc print Department of Civil Ejigineering HIS department, which is one of the oldest at Georgia Tech, offers a very complete course in Civil Engineering. Civil Engineering is a profession very broad in its aspects, necessi- tating thoroughness, neatness and accuracy to a high degree. In order to be successful it is necessary for a civil engineer to he thoroughly familiar with mathematics, mechanics, chemistry and phy- sics and all the fundamentals of engineering, as well as to be a neat drafts- man and a careful computer. As particular attention is paid to these things at Tech, the course is obviously a good one. With the ever-increasing use of the automobile the need for good last- ing I ' oads is also increasing. As a result there is an almost luilimited field for highway engineers. For this reason this phase of the work is stressed particularly and special attention is paid to field and laboratory instruc- tion in the finer points of road construction. There are many opportuni- ties for the graduate to step into good positions in road building, and the chances for advancement are numerous. A great deal of attention is paid in the course to sanitary engineering, an important subject with evei-y city in regard to its sewerage disposal problems. Special laboratories for bacterial analysis and for the study of purification methods are at the disposal of the students. The number of students enrolled in this department is comparatively large and is increas- ing rapidly. The department is well ecjuipped and has ample facilities for thorough instruction in Civil Engineering. The Department of Architecture In IflOS the Study nf Architec-turc became a course at Te: ' h. The degree awarded for completion of the four-year course is that of Bachelor of Science in Architecture. A great deal of practical work, combined with the necessary theory, rounds out the course into one of the liest offered by colleges in this country. In addition to the regular course there is a special two-year course which is purely architecture, including none of the English, mathematics and chemistry to be found in the regular course. The enrollment in this department has been increasing yearly until it has become necessary to add a new building for this work. This building is to be the first one erected as a result of the Greater Georgia Tech Cam- paign. With these added facilities the department is expected to flourish. In the second term of the senior year each student makes a thesis design, the subject being passed upon by the professor. Whenever possible the same design is used as is given out by the Society of Beaux Arts Archi- tects. These designs are judged in New York with other designs from other schools of architecture all over the country. Heretofore Tech has shown up extremely well in these contests, and nearly every year some senior has taken first, second or third place and won honorable mention. The past success of this department is an indication of great results to be accomplished in the future. Tvienty-tJiree

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r the: Bi ui: print The School of Commerce T the present time the business conditions, especially in the south, are not as good as they might be. In order that these conditions may get back to normal as soon as possible, men who know the ins and outs of business in all its phases must take the reins; men who can see what needs to be done and also know the best and most efficient way to do it. Men of this type are not easily found. It takes a thorough training to acquire this ability and there are two ways of getting it. One is by long experience and the other by pi-oper education. The first is at once inadequate and will do little toward alleviating the present crisis. It is therefore to the man with the education that we must turn. The School of Commerce at Geor- gia Tech is doing its best to give that training which is necessary in the most compact and efficient manner that is possible. The school operates both a day and night school ; the former confer- ring a degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce for four years woi-k, and the latter a degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science for two years work combined with two years of practical business experience. The Co-Operative Plan This plan has been offered by Georgia Tecli for the last ten years and is continually liecoming more and more popular. It gives the man who must support himself while getting his education a fair chance to go through college and make out with his finances also. The course extends over five years and the men alternately work and go to school. One man has a job at which he works for four weeks while his partner goes to school. At the end of that time they change places and in this way a man is able to earn enough to put him through school and get good practical expe- rience on the side. There are two courses offered: a course in General Engineering which is a combination of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and gives a degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering, and a course in Textile Engineering which confers the degree of Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering, Co-operative Plan. The Department Of Automobile Engineering This department comes under tlie jurisdiction of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the course is identical up until the senior year when automotive subjects are substituted for the Steam Engineering subjects ill the regular : Iechanical course. The degree conferred is Bach- elor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. The object of the course is to fit a young man to enter the automobile industry. The subject is gone into thoroughly and the course is recog- nized as an excellent one. Twenty-five m m