Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Engineefs challenge . . . an unending flight from fantasy to reality Only a Purdue engineer or physicist can understand the workings of the 300 million volt synchrotron, a complicated machine to accelerate positive ions or electrons. 28

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i 6 ' Frequent field trips afforded to forestry students by the nature of their subject offer enjoyable breaks from routine plus the chance to apply classroom teachings. Blackboards covered with jottings and straight-back wooden chairs-these are standard items in any classroom. I

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hL Discussions over cokes and coffee are relaxing to the engineer who spends his week with science and technology. The Purdue engineer-smart, sophisticated, sought after-a man destined to succeed. Approximately fifty percent of the student body is enrolled in the seven different schools. Granting more bachelors degrees in engineering than any other university in the United States, Purdue excels in quality as Well as quantity. ......F.. The hands of the engineer are compe- tent as they handle the slide rule to help erase mysteries of mathematics. ' 'S ' K Mill' 7. P. 4.1. ., 'wg ., 1' ,X ' ,' ', X ' , . , ' M , 1f','gj-fi-,'j,'fffff:'f? .SV f A , ' V Q . . w .. . .dig ,i-' - , ' , . 1, Q70 I H ', , .I , . :gf , '. v ,Jag-'f, , M? ., T, , . , . .. wr ,. ,,, iz i 1:1 59,3 . ' - . - ' ' , L., - 4 , f '. N1 -g w it ' ' , . , ' 5115 1 7-1'L'f5':'f'-e i . T. . n x I . V15 S , . 3 . W X ..: .. .3 I Amid scientific apparatus, these engi- neers struggle to comprehend the mod- ern world of Sputniks and Vanguards. ,-5, -Alf sg