Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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III!1 school of I' II K 11 I I' 1 li nuumu Chemical Engineering became an integral part of the University back in 1931, and since then has grown very rapidly. It now includes a full curriculum in Metallurgical Engineering. The five-year undergraduate program, which was soon adopted by all of the other engineering schools, began with the Chemical Engineering School. Although he is required to take 189 credit hours, more than any of the other prospective engineers, and must maintain a 75 cumulative average, the Chem E should feel that he is well rewarded in the form of Olin Hall. This brick home of the Chem E’s is the ultramodern nucleus of the engineering campus-to-be. and houses the I nit Op Lab, the pride of many an engineer. I’ml li. rliiilies, dim Ini' 27

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Come the cool days of Fall—come the warm days of Spring—you will find the various types of engineers lounging in front of the ivy covered buildings on the upper end of the campus. It should be noted, however, that engineering is expanding—down to Kimball-Thurston and Olin, and up to Nuclear Physics. The engineer is hidden in his own little world of countless re|M rts, labs, and prelims. He does find time, in spite of five years of millions of class hours a term, to make an occasional trip to the Ivy Room after his afternoon lab, where he might gulp down some black coffee and eye a co-ed. As he walks by the “centers of culture in the Quad, he may take comfort in the fact that when and if he graduates he is assured in his vocation, a source of triumph in the continual haggling with his Arts school colleagues. I lie college ot' 1] li I E1] III li lll'illl soli) 111 (I II c. IHlllisItM'

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nriihi Christensen, director With tin first warm breezes of spring, Cornell is amazed to see swarms of freshmen Civil Engineers emanate from the depths of Lincoln Hall with poles and transits, to have another go at the oft-surveyed Quad. Further on in his career, the Civil Engineer laconics submerged in intricate plans of bridges, dams and superhighways. While learning the principles of geodetics, hydraulics and structure he may specialize in such fields as flood control, mapping or railroad operation. When, after five years of training, he finally emerges from the world of laboratory and drafting board, the Civil Engineer knows that he is well qualified to cope with the problems of bis chosen profession, although it is said that a good C. E. never has to face a problem: he either builds a bridge over it. or tunnels under it. ihr school m civil Luimitm; 28