Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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next step will be an efficiency test of a simple engine. Then of a compound engine and finally of a triple expansion engine. Finally he is required to take charge of a locomotive test. Besides the work in steam engineering, many experiments in hydraulics and strength of materials are included. In all of this work a complete and accurate report must be submitted. The fact, that most of our graduates are holding responsible positions in manu- facturing and commercial enterprises, speaks well for the efficiency of this department, and if the past is a fair estimate of the future it can be safely relied on that Purdue will always remain where she is to-dav — in the front rank. 47

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T MT MECHANICAL RING HE success of this department is increasing with each succeeding year. It is quite evident that the manufacturing world is coming to appreciate more and more, the necessity of employing men specially trained in their various lines. The eagerness of competition has opened the eyes of the shrewd manufacturer to the fact, that it is the attention to little things that increases or decreases the profit side of his account. The proper design of an engme, with due regard to economy of operation as well as economy of construction, may mean thousands of dollars to the builders. The same may be said of any mechanical appliance. The course as outlined in this department is admirably adapted to the needs of the time, and its success can be attributed in a great measure to the careful judgment and experience of Professor Goss and his associates. The class room work includes a careful and analytical study of such subjects as are essential to an engineering education. Hand-in-hand with the class room is the draught- ing room, where the student has the opportunity to put into practice the principles he has learned. Ingenuity is here developed to a marked degree. Each year a course of lectures are given by practical men on subjects of general mterest to the engineer. These lectures have been found to be of great advantage as they give a clear conception ot the conditions which must be met in practice. Our laboratories arc the pride ot the institution. They are famous throughout the country for their completeness. There is scarcely any line ot experimental work that can not be undertaken at Purdue. The training which the oung engineer receives in the laboratory is indispensable. The work advances by degrees. First comes the calibration of instruments, etc. The

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O branch of science has had such a remarkable development in the last few years as that of electricity, and with no less rapidity has the Department of Electrical Engineering at Purdue grown in equipment and facility. From the school of applied mechanics and with the splendid general education received in the first two years of the course the student is able to take up the higher principles of Electrical Engineering, which apply directly, and fit him for any position in the field ot work with which he will be confronted when his course has been completed. There is no better proof of the thoroughness and competency of the work accom- plished in this department than is seen by noticing the long list of positions of importance and responsibility held bv the graduates from it. The laboratory provides an ample opportunity tor the study of the deepest experiments and developes the student along the most practical lines of work, while the study of the higher mathematics, physics, chem- istry, and the theory of direct and alternating current machinery, along with the design, construction and installation of electrical stations and apparatus, teaches him the reasons of the information which he has received. So great has this department grown in material equipment that extensions have been added and filled almost every year since it was established, and in recognition ot this remarkable growth, and in view of the splendid success of this department, the National 48