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

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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

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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: blue: print Jil Board of Trustees of Georgia Tech. N. E. Harbis, Chairman J. S. Akers N. P. Pratt John W. Grant E. K. Hodgson, Jr. George H. C ' arswell Joseph iX. Brown. Ex-officio W. E. Thojias W. Hardwick, Ex-officio M. L. Clark Hov.-ell, Ex-officio George G. Crawford L. W. Egbert, Jr. P. C. FURLOW Simmons, Ex-officio Brittain, Ex-officio Faculty Kenxeth Gordon JIatheson, A.M., L.L.D. A.il., LeLand Stanford University; L.L.D., Wasliington and Lee University Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi President of the College William Henry Emerson, Ph.D., Sc.D. Ph.D., Johns Hoiikins University; Se.D., University of Georgia Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Phi Dean and Head of the Department of Chemistry John Saylor Coon, iI.E., Sc.D. M.E., Cornell University; Se.D., University of Cieorgia; Youngest Charter Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Thomas Pettus Branch, B.E., Sc.D. B.E., Vanderliilt I ' niversitv; Sc.D.. Universitv of Georgia Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi ' Head of the Department of Civil Engineering; Head of the Department of Co-operative Engineering; Secretary to the Faculty John Bascum Crenshaw, A.] I., Ph.D. A.M., Randolph-ilaeon College; Ph.D., .lohus Hopkins University; University of Berlin Head of the Department of Modern Languages Jesse Boland Edwards, B.S., E., aud M.E. B.S. in E.E. and M.E., Alabama Polytechnic Institute Head of the Department of Physics Samuel Stuart Wallace, AM., Ph.D., Litt.D. A.B., Ph.D., Dickinson College; A.M., Columbia University; Litt.D., University of Georgia Theta Delta Chi, Phi Kappa Phi Head of the Department of English; Superintendent of Dormitories Floyd Field, A.B., M.A. A.B., Williamette TTniversity; A.B., M.A., HarvF.rd University Head of the Department of Mathematics Francis Palmer Smith, B.S. in Architecture B.S. in Architecture; University of Pennsylvania Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Plii Head of the Department of Architecture Twenty-six