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J cfW of (Engineering CCORDIXG to the language of the grant which Congress made in establishing our University in 1871, “the leading object shall be without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agricul¬ ture, and the Mechanic Arts.” So then the life of the School of Engineering has been iden¬ tical with that of the University and its progress has ever been,—forward—onward. This school is in itself a very broad one, for it includes the Mechanicals, the Civils and the Electricals. The results of its instruction are not thundered forth in the halls of the literary society, nor are they shown in the investigation of plants, insects, rocks or fossils, but are seen in the ever powerful engines and testing machines; in the tripod of the surveyor and the clink of his chain, and in the flash of the “arc” and the milder glow of the “incandescent.” The work in this, as in any engineering school, is intensely practical, for ’tis here that the student learns to be and in a great measure makes of himself what he is in after life. Our shops, which two years ago were a mass of ruins—of gnarled and twisted iron—have been rebuilt in brick, and aw’ait the occupancy of a more complete equipment of expensive and accurate machinery. The school’s equip¬ ment now consists mainly of boilers, Corliss and Westinghouse en¬ gines, testing machines (Riehle for metals or wood, and cement; Edison, Perret, and Thomson-Houston dynamos and motor; Kelvin balance and numerous transits, levels, etc. What do we need? In general terms it can be readily told. W T e need an equipment of both our shops and laboratories that will enable us to compare favorably with any school of engineering in the noith or east, and to back it all a legislature that will give us a liberal appropriation for this purpose. Notwithstanding all difficulties, our engineering alumni have proven their in¬ struction to have been good, for many of them fill responsible and lucrative positions in various large cities. A large per cent of the students have identified themselves with this department and we think we may safely predict a steady improvement and onward progress for the School of Engineering. 21
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