University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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Blue Ben THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Hursp.n in a modern building, of modern area :'.s.--.-::L-:llI and with modern equipment, the Sehool of Engineering is trai young men to practice the profession of Engineering in the fundamental branches, Chemical, Ci Flectrical, and Mechanical Engineering, Throughout his undergraduate carcer the student is continually reminded that Engineering is a profession of service; service to mankind in his steady march Toward C ilization of a higher order, of greater benefit to all -f mankind. Jh:: young man is reminded of his obligation to use his I swiedege of the forces e 1 -Jvllul'.L machines, methods and U!bf-flrllfallf-ll'lb W flll.l!l will assist in the pr 58 Ill his I'e..lm men, Iistinction is carefully pointed our between the scientific acquisition of Ln dege and the artistic use of acquired knowledge, v far, knaw k'd;.'-u has been based on the I.I.IHI.ItI .I.I'II!,a and dew r.'u,:l.n.tl'lt!. of others, We are impatiently king forward 1o the establishment of an organization, with adequately trained per- sonnel, to carry on re ling te the discovery and development of scientifie facts of direct use to the people and i the State of Delaware. The results of research by an Enginecring '.x gwinun'. 5 On W be of direct uze but will alse be of mdirecy benefit in furnishing further 'i'l:-' n 1o our .n,.uhn:, .,ml vuu,hulx .,mxl W n,hn.l,r Co-0Peration uh'.l:i:l: i1ll: l'JJj!'ITlILI:rIIII-' ?'u'lt-tl' amid I'u: III.III.-HI:. ol Ihr.' ,KL,llu, R. L. SPENCER Dean, o 13 o

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?:IBIHE 315611 The Department of Animal Industry Imc organization of the Deparmment of Amimal In- dustry is patterned somewhat after that of the Bure Animal Industry of the United States Depa :112Ti:.'l.t'lllll'n. Similar l:-l'p:lni?,.l,u:-m may be f number of the Agricultural Colleges of S The Department is charged with the t courses of study appertaining to 'I.'HNI-.- together with certain basic physioloxy, bacteriology, and Iy tion of problems arising within these Ilellis The personnel of the HL' wmrtment consist of a4 number of H. Ef'lnll'bTS- whise ll!h-;l. i il laboratories are ted upon the frst floor of c'l.cl Hall, The experin nital .unl:llml; -.lmiu.lmy of a herd of pure-bred Holstein-Frie- sian cattle, a swine herd co ng of several breeds of swine and a modern poultry 'm it are located at the University farm and cared for by skilled herdemen. Some of the members of the Department devote their entire time to research. h.mg. members of the Delaware Agri- cultural Experiment Station staff, and are therefore not well-known ta the student body. The dutics of the Head of the lilq, artment are Jdiver- mfud consisting of the teaching Oloery, IW'l '- W? : -'h 11Y;-I -'!Il: and a al industry, and the investigation of problems in animal hy giene C. . C. PALMER Head of Department. raes in bacteri- The Department of Plant Pathology ved Was organi Ihe deps knowledge pert '.i'w.-.u.-'r.-:' Wect ot meion, tomato, Im Diepartment of Plant Pathole ology as a department of the C I m 1912 with I, 71 rtment owes its existence to the urgent de- mands of frum of the de offering courses in pla Iil.III;J;'r,uI':lLI.IML' and BT h and exten Org nisms. projects imvolved work on the dise ato, apple, peach, l:i'lr','. slr.'m'l:t'nj.', EWeel peea, CTops, I'he work also involved i gpray and duesting materials and University Manns as chief, growers and others for mare intimate g to the nature and control of plant eature of soil bacteriology was added t played by micro-organisms 1ent af present, .aai.,lc fr.s;n vlogy and soil Bacterio is concerned L'lie'!':.' n projects in plant diseases and sml 1g the past twenty-five years, these and their control lll.:lhlupl,' water- beans, corn, wheat, ;.l,u.- tion, and MARNY NG . L'I'. I'l'S e1i lnlri'.JlJ': .III.' many dixinrlnunl;, T. F. MAKNS Head of Department. Dhuri reas, 1 L. S0y

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Blue Ben The Department of Mathematics A:n' student of the University who has had proper preparation and has a taste for logical thinking, may at the end of four years of undergraduate study of mathe- matics, proceed to the next higher grade of standing in Il'u' hll, nl'l'l.ll'u,d u.ul:' An opportunity 33 offered in all the courses of study for elective work in any department that may appeal to the student, provided such clection may contribute to-a justifal . II'I 1 m. 'Ltll. L'ru.'iul:rin:..' COLl FSEs, of uri'l::in'i':.'. waork in mathema rather intensively in the Freshman and Sophom : four hours in the Fresh- man year and six Imur: in lI1r. Sophomore year being devoted to thi In the other courses, a more leisurely program is provided in those years as only three I'II rs nf I.Ll:-ll; II:..'lIII!., I:I..JlI-;K 5 1ll- und;d. m Ih-L l,rua.ha man and Sop In the Junior and Sentor vears of the technical conrses Differential Equations is open for election and instruction is also given in Vector and Tensor Anal . These classes furnish an excellent hp':xl.'l'luqt'l.' for anyone v.hin desires to extend hizs mathem I experience into regions of the highest practical utility, A. HARTER Head of Department. The Department of Electrical Engineering Tn. Electrical Engineering Department attempts 1o send out graduates who are well grounded in the funda- mental theory of electricity and who are familiar with ruudl;ru u:u;l,rif;al 181 Ti,'l;il i The s1l;dtllls in 1l1i5 da-p.':rlrm,'m are also t:fll.':.ll.ll.il.e.'li.'t.: o I.Lkr an Etl.LL'I'I:;l iII studies which are penerally admitted to lead toward liberal education. lJurmu: the first two yvears of therr course, Electrical 1,1rll:lk :.I,lld-ull-e alml:.- g spal 1u'ljuh. Hu'. 's..lrrl 1o draw, to control machinery, and to manipulate shop devices: they study Mathematics, Physics, Hewever, Junior and Senior students are s g wark in steam, hydraulic, and electricity laboratories; they study both -.Ium'ul'm and advanced Direct- and .lLl,erIJm.L CUrrent I,hi.-nn. .,.ll-;J ll,.Jdn:- Ih-u.:-l:. 1lld ::'llll.:i- CHLInns, Good Senjor students are encouraged to attempt the solution of problems in minor o ch. They consider television, photoelectric-cell applications, short-wave 1.nhc,u ir 111:!w .mll rL Q'H.I,I By and Ly llht: lnl-. esting technical subjects. G. A. KOERBER Head of Department. HW T 4 14 fe-