University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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aSJsK? ■ ■ BOARD OF TRUSTEES Superintendent of Public Instruction Hon. John A. Wieland Springfield TTnirv gtTujminJjImil] OFFICERS OF THE BOARD Orville M. Karraker, Harrisburg . .President Harrison E. Cunningham, Urbana Secretary Frank M. Gordon, Chicago Treasurer Lloyd Morey, Urbana Comptroller Louis C. Moschel Pekin Mrs. Marie C. Plumb Chicago Mayer Gordon Plumb Cunningham Freeman Meyer 1937 Page 25

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TO THE STUDENTS OF ILLINOIS The people of Illinois and the nation are committed to a policy of public education, and years in generous living have justified the adop- tion of this policy. The Board of Trustees is happy in the opportunity to extend its greetings and best wishes to those now enrolled as stu- dents of the University. It is recognized by the Board of Trustees that it is necessary to adopt such policies of popular education as will best serve the needs of a changing world. We either advance or recede MOREY MOSCHEI WlBLAND Adams Cleary POGUE 1937

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THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Dean Melvin L. Enger Melvin L. Enger, Dean of the College of Engineering, will complete his thirtieth year on the University faculty this spring. He was born in Decorah, Iowa, in 1881. He began his undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota and later transferred to the University of Illinois, receiving three degrees from the University; the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1906, the professional degree of Civil Engineer in 1911, and the Master of Science degree in 1919. When Professor A. N. Talbot retired as the head of the department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1926, Dean Enger succeeded him in this position. Later when Acting Dean Willard was appointed president of the University in 1934, Professor Enger was advanced to deanship of the College of Engineer- in . He is a member of many engineering societies and honorary fraternities, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Works Association, American So- ciety for Testing Materials, Western Society of Engineers, Chicago Engineers Club, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau, and Mu San. The College of Engineering was organized in 1870 to provide for courses in Mechanical Science and Art, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, Metallurgy, and Architec- ture and Fine Arts. Four-year curricula were published in 1871-1872 for Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mining Engineering. Instruction in the University (then Illinois Industrial University) began in March, 1868. The Department of Physics was established as an inde- pendent department of the College in 1890. In 1892, cur- ricula were added in Electrical Engineering, Municipal and Sanitary Engineering, and Architectural Engineering. Then followed the curricula in Railway Engineering in 1906, Ceramics and Ceramic Engineering in 1915, General En- gineering and Engineering Physics in 1920, Architectural Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering in 1933. The Department of Architecture was transferred to become a part of the newly organized College of Fine and Applied Arts in 1931. The Engineering Experimental Station was created in 1903 as a part of the College of Engineering. Its purpose is to stimulate engineering education and to investigate problems of importance to professional engineers and in- dustry. Vv . . w C v. Page 26 957