Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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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

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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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SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING S members of the most difficult and consequently the smallest school in the university, the chemical engineers have long considered themselves somewhat exclusive. Professor H. C. Peffer, head of the School of Chemical Engineering, has maintained that his men are intelligent far above the average, and, most disconcertingly, recent tests by the Department of Psychology have seemed to justify his attitude. For the future industrial growth of the world an infinite number of chemical processes will be necessary. The School of Chemical Engineering is produc- ing men who will be able to discover these methods and adapt them to our advantage. The chemical engineer will play a leading role in the advancement of civilization. CARR, R. H. ERIKSEN, E. L. TOPPING, A. N. EWING, D. D. B. s.g M. 5.5 PH. D. B. s. c. E. B. s. E. E. E. E.g M. E. Ag. Cbemislry Sfrucfural Eng. Elrrirical Eng. Electrical Eng.