Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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he Division of ngineering -- NGINEERS are important members of society, and the engineering profession is recognized as one of the most useful to which a man Q Rang W can devote his talents and energy. He who would enter the pro- 'llg' ,sl fession and be successful therein must be possessed of natural apti- F is V - W SG 1,2 tude for the work, manly characte1', pleasing personality, enthusi- E ,fx ft asm, determination, patience, health, common sense and a tech- nical education. ' The engineer graduates of this college, owing to the general character ot' the course by which specialization is not encouraged, can and do avail themselves of op- portunities aiter graduation which men of the same age and experience, with highly specialized technical training, would hesitate to consider. Engineering was established at this college in 1885. Upward ot' 4-00 men have been graduated and the present enrollment in engineering is 4-50. All students follow a prescribed course for the first two years. From this point some election of technical and professional studies is permitted to enable students to follow individual inclinations toward particular lines of engineering practice, civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. The business, commercial and ethical features of engineering practice are em- phasized in all ot' the technical and proi'essional studies, especially in the courses in specifications and contracts, works management, engineering accounting, history of engineering and the thesis. Non-resident lecturers and inspection trips to leading manufacturing centers serve to connect the student with engineering practice and spirit. The proi'essional engineering degrees, lVIechanical Engineer CM. Ed, Civil Engi- neer CC. and Electrical Engineer EQ, may be earned by graduates of the reg- ular course, either by resident study or by Hmaking good in the practice of the profession. All heads of departments are men qualified by practical and teaching experience and their assistants are picked men. The material equipment is housed in Engineering Hall, a i'our-story and base- ment building, containing -l0,000 square feet of useful i'loor space, and in the Shops a two-story building, containing 15,000 square feet of Hoor space. About 3E225,000.00 are invested in buildings and equipment, and substantial ad- ditions are being made each year. All equipment is purchased with a View of its util- ity for instruction and not for display.

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THE H VETS

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Mechanical Engineering Department ll John Adam Neal George VVilliarn Hobbs, B. S. Assistant in Machine Shop Instructorin Mechanical Engineering Ernest Albert Evans Elmer Case Baker Instructorin Mechanical Engineering Foreman of Foundry Andrew Peter Krentel Joseph Albert Poison, M. E. Foreman of Wood Shop Assistant Professor Mechan- ical Engineering Edward Joseph Kunze Assistant Professor of Me- chanical Engineering Arthur Sylvester Smith Instructor in Mechanical Engineering William Reese Holmes -Foreman of Forge Shop George Welton Bissell, M. E. Dean of Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering