Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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p.-u-- , - j e r | d -e gii ' -j T 1 ffi departments, chiel among which are the engineering schools. The College cii Mechanical Engineering had the temporary use ol $750 worth ol appa- ratus, while $1,200 worth ot equipment was acquired by purchase or gift. One text-book, si:, sets ot notes, seven bulletins and twenty-one papers were the results of the literarj activity of this department. Seventeen lines of valuable research work were carried on during the year, twelve ol which were c pleted. One resignation was received, one leav absence was granted and (wo new appointments were made on its teaching force The principal improvement made in the College oi Electrical Engi- neering during the past year has been the equipment oi the high tension laboratory. A 300,000-volt transformer has been install ' ], with ample auxiliary apparatus for experimental work. Needle and spark gaps, for measuring these high voltages, have been installed by the 1914 class. The i high tension laboratory has been converted into a calibration laboratory and is verj completely equipped with a set ,,i standard instru- ments. Pour additions have been made to the personnel of the teaching staff during the past year, while one resignation has been accepted. This department lias done much valuable research work in high tension and is at present engaged in several more that will had to noteworthy results. All the other departments have made valuable additions to their equipment and toachiim forces, chiefly the ( ' ollee.es of Agriculture and Selene, Without hyperbole it may be said that the student activities of the past year have reached their zenith. These sideshows. as they ha e been called, to the ' main tent, have no doubt had their effect on the purely academic work, but this black mark has been more than offset by the invaluable training the} have given many men around the school in journalistic, literary, histrionic, oratorical and honorary enterprises. The outside about the university has clearly demonstrated the fact that learn- ing is not found in books but in serving. The Exponent proudly holds up its head as the best college daily in the Middle West ami has demonstrated its progressiveness and useful- ni ss b materially increasing its size and scope. It has always stood for the best things in the community. Tin- two technical publications, the Agriculturist and the Engineer- ing Review, have successfully fulfilled their missions as practical and representative journals, and as such reach a great number of technical men and farmers. By efficient management the Review was published quite early this year, and has finally reached the goal it has been striving io attain in he ri cognized as tie- leading publication of its type and to supply Purdue men with a more practical knowledge of the engineering problems that confront men today. Another publication also made its initial bow to the public, and more particularly to the Alumni, during the year. The Purdue Alumnus. as this new publication is called, is a monthly paper devoted to the interests of the Alumni and promises to grow rapidly from its rather modest beginning. -- » ,, |PUR,DUE XJ IH I V EJR..S I TJ C frfNXV Usner — Say: th the back down the

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5 LP Jf E r p] jt P El ,Ig. Ft L S 7 Resume of Our Last Year [E feeling of regret that comes tn us with the realiza- tion that we, as seniors, are soon to tread the halls and walks no longer, is tempered by the knowledge of the health} and consistent progress mad ' 1 by the school during the past year. Xo phenomenal spurt has given the school undue anil sudden prominence, Inn a healthy growth and strengthening of all the depart- ments have conspired to place our Alma Mater in the st rani,, a position that conies well deserved each year An enormous increase in enrollment, innumerable additions to equip- nt and to the already existing facilities for instruction, have not failed leave their impress on the men leaving school ami the skeptical outside odd, with the result that no Purdue Alumnus need feel thai a word of tenuation is necessary in speaking of his school. Last spring ' is. decrees of Bachelor of Science were given to graduat- g seniors, of which forty-eight were from the College of Agriculture, urteen from the College of Chemical Engineering, sixty from the College Civil Eng ineering, forty-two from the College of Mechanical Engineer- s ' sixty-nine from the College of Electrical Engineering, fortj Horn tin College of Science and nine from the College of Pharmacy. In addition there was conferred advanced degrees as follows: Eleven in civil Engi- neering, five in Electrical Engineering, seven in Mechanical Engineering, one in Agriculture, and seven in Science. Special courses were a pr need success. The Short Course had the largest enrollment in its history, the Teacher ' s Summer Course had an attendance that was highly gratifying, the Engim i ring Conference was ol immense praetieal value to mad commissioners and the Winter Course continued in its popularitj The year of lull saw tl pening of Smith Hall, a valuable adjunct to our agricultural equipment; and also demonstrated quite clearly the general usefulness of the new Library, which, culturally speaking, is the most valuable building the school has ever received. The old Library with its tin 1 , reading room could not commence to accommodate the crowd that utilizes the new building. Actual construction on other proposed buildings has not yel started, hut it is certain that the coming year will witmss the erection ol a new Science Mall, and — who can tell? perhaps a Student Union Building. Much new equipment has I u acquired bj the several schools ate! ' i ' « J ) F U Ft P UJE U.N.IYgRSJT y v • ' Co-eds: Pearls cast before swine — Hi Wds

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I J rz n z$ The cultural side of the university life has not been neglected. The literary societies reaffirmed their usefulness in this respect, all having their maximum enrollment early in the year, and regaling the community with several open meetings. They were also the sponsors for the inter- collegiate debate held during the spring. The musical organizations seem also to have ridden on the crest of the wave of prosperity. The Band has the largest enrollment in many years, sixty men playing in it. The Glee Club took several trips and entertained the Indiana Society of Chicago at its annual banquet The Symphony Orchestra and the Mandolin Club have made several appear- ances and delighted all who heard them, which was a great deal, as the school turned out en masse to hear them. i ' the general activities of the school two noteworthj and epoch- making events took place. The unparalleled success of the substitution of a Circus and May Day for the antiquated and objectionable Mechanic ' s burning has firmly fixed this celebration among the customs of the school. The Tank Scrap is a thing of the past. The last scrap has been fought and Time is slowly letting the curtain fall upon one of the saddest events in the history of the past year. And last, but not least, before closing let us take one glance at that phase of university life so dear to the heart of every man who has wit- nesed the supremacy of the Old Gold and Black on the gridiron, floor and track. Under the able tutelage of Coach Andy Smith. Purdue placed very- well in football, tieing for third place, no slight honor when the strength of her opponents is remembered. The season brought forth several sur- prising and interesting facts. Purdue was the only team upon whom the Conference champions, Chicago, was unable to score a touchdown, and the honor is also ours of being the least scored upon team in the Conference and in the Middle West. Coach Smith ' s wonderful work with the team was productive of a two-year contract and the firm establishment of Andy in the hearts of every Boilermaker. Baseball left many things to be desired, the last division not being an encouraging place to end. but while there is Nic there is hope. and better things are looked for this spring. Thi dude idllrtiv of satisfactory results indeed, and to us as a result of our runners ' several Conference-meet place: prowess. Technically our basketball team has finished poorly, but anyone who saw the wonderfully fought games, with their narrow margins of defeat, could not help but feel that, after all, a difference of a few points one way or the other means nothing, for even figures sometimes lie. Pete Vaughan ' s raw recruits scared every Conference team they played, and it was sweet music to the ears to hear afterwards our opponents giving thanks that time was called when it was. In this eonnection it would scarcely be fitting to close this all but too short n sunie without some brief mention of the man who has contributed so much of his time and energy to the cause of Purdue athletics, and has helped make the name Boilermaker one to inspire respect in her oppo- nents — Prof. T. F. Moran. Giving willingly of his talent and energy to the uplift of athletics in general and Purdue in particular, Professor Moran well deserves the encomium implied on the dedication page of this book.