Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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,awww -1 ALL ENGINEERING URDUE UNIVERSITY serves society in many other ways besides that of a purely educational institution. Its primary purpose, of course, is the training of young men and women to take their places in the realms of engineering, science and agriculture, but it goes farther than this as is evidenced by the Engineering Experiment Station, and Department of Engineering Extension. Dean A. A. Potter, as Dean of the Schools of Engineering, has charge of some twenty-five hundred students. In this position, he dictates, in a large measure, the course of training that is to be available to each aspiring engineering student. However, the scope of the activities of Dean Potter is not limited to this particular field. As Director of the Engineering Experiment Station, Dean Potter has charge of some one hundred research engineers, who are making investigations pertaining directly to some phase of industry, railroad, public utilities, building, and roadways. Although it is not generally known, most of these investigations assume proportions of nation-wide importance. The results obtained from the work of the Engineering Experiment Station would be of little value if some means of disseminating the information were not at hand. The Department of Engineering Extension, with Dean Potter as its head, is the means by which those interested are informed of the developments. By the use of conferences, special classes, and publications, the Department of Engineering Extension places information in the hands of those people to whom it is valuable.

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VERY large corporation has its Board of Directors. It is the function of this group, which is elected by the stockholders, to formulate the policies and plans of expansion, regulate the product, and account to the stockholders for the progress of the organization. Purdue University might well be compared to a large corporation. Its stockholders are the taxpayers of Indiana. Its Board of Directors is the Board of Trustees of the university. This Board of Trustees is indirectly appointed by the residents of the state, since they are appointed by the Governor of Indiana. Three of the members of the Board are appointed upon the recommendation of the Alumni Association, and the other six are appointed in such a manner as to give all sections of the state as nearly equal representation as possible. Although the Board of Trustees is a mystery to most students, all that Purdue receives comes from them, and all that Purdue does must have their sanction. The group meets once each semester and at that time transacts such business and promulgates such policies as will be most effective for the welfare of the university. It is easily seen that each member of such a body must be a type of high-minded, public- spirited citizen who has the good of the university at heart. This description applies to the Board of Trustees of Purdue University, which is made up of the following men and Women: David E. Ross, Lafayette, President, James W. Noel, Indianapolis, Vice-President, Mrs. Virginia C. Mere- dith, West Lafayette, Josiah K. Lilly, Indianapolis, Palmer R. Edgerton, Marion, J. Emmett Hall, Indianapolis, John A. Hillenbrand, Batesville, James L. Kimbrough, Muncie, and Robert A. Simpson, Vincennes.

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i . . JV SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING HE application and importance of electricity are continually increasing in all parts of the world. The onward march of industry is demanding better and more powerful electrical apparatus and processes. The School of Electrical Engineering, under the direction of Professor C. F. Harding, is contributing its efforts toward this end by imparting to the student a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals and practice of this profession. Due to an efficient instructional staff and one of the best equipped laboratories in the country, Purdue University may well be proud of the work accomplished by graduates of this school. I ENDERS, H. E. CREEK, H. L. ROBERTS, G. L. FERRY, E. S. B. s.g M. s.g PH. D. A. 5.9 A. M.g PH. D. A. B.g M. A. B. s. Biology English Erluratiofz Pbysirs