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

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he Coll g of DNN Mariurw Tuimi-wx Mit it RI The largest college in the University attained its present status in 1913, when the College ot Literature and Arts and the College of Sciences were combined to form the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with the late Kendrick C. Babcock as Dean. Since then the College has endeavored to integrate instruction in both the humanities and sciences. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has two par- ticular functions. First, it enrolls students in specialized and pre-professional curriculag for instance, pre-medical. iheral Art and Seiellces YL pre-law, prevjournalism, chemistry, and chemical engineer- ing. Second, it provides the resources for a liberal edu- cation. Liberal means a prograrn leading to Ll well rounded personal developmentg that is, a program in which the studies emphasize factors that contribute to a general knowledge and interpretation of the forces, tend- encies, contlicts, and problems of lite, rather than lead to specific individual careers. ig' 34,56 Mitthcw Th-um svn M flute Dcin it' flie t' vllcee rt' lib ril arts ml irlenggq A ' P 1 1 . '. I I J . c . , . , c e . was horn at Npnttstnrrl, Virginia, April 1', ltwi A Barlicl-irk cleuree was awarded '- v him at XXasliinet-in and l.ee lrnixeisrtx in 10111, where he did his undergraduate work, a lNlastei's deuree at thc llnlxetsitx nt Yiteinta in 14Jt1', and a D-vrtnrs deuree at fnlumhia in 1912. Befurc mining In lllmius. Mr, N14 hire was an instiuttnr in Pliilnwpln at fnlum- hia and trum 1915 to 1911 a pi-vtew-r ot Pliil-isopliv at Tulane. Hg helm Inc iarecr at Illinois in 1't.II as Awrriate Prnteswr in Plirl-may-lug ln 1922 he became Pro- fessor ot Plrrluwplw and in 1911i he was app-tinted head -it that department The deanshlp was awarded him in N31 .utter strung a year as Acting Dean nt the tulle-ge ot Lrheral Arts and Srientes. Dean Nd lure is a member or Phi Beta Kappa, the Amer- ican Plillimrpllltll Awrciatiori, and other lmr1ni.irg -irganwatinns. 73- -al Lia, :if Page 27 nfl-5 sinf- -1,- if I

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'Q ffl! . ' gg. ,ff ll f . x T : , r? 1 Nj I I GD mtg . , ' I, X N x 5 1 x e College of ineerin rw The College of Engineering was formally organized in 1370 to provide for Courses in Mechanical Science and Art. Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering and Metal- lurgy, and Architecture and Fine Arts. The first class, which graduated in 1372, contained six members from the College of Engineering. 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, SQQXD. Page 26 DEAN Mrrvm Loizrxius ENGER Ceramics and Ceramic Engineering in 1915, General En- gineering and Engineering Physics in 1920, Agricultural Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering in 1953. The Engineering Experiment Station, the first in any en- gineering college in the United States, was established in 1903. It has published more than three hundred bulletins and circulars on important researches in many tields of engineering science and practice. .QRM offer QV' Melvin Lorenius Enger, Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station since 1934, was born May 5, 1881, in Decorah, Iowa. He attended the University of Minnesota and the University ol Illinois where he re- ceived the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1906, the professional degree ot Civil Engineer in 1911, and the Master of Science degree in 1916. He came to the University as an instructor in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1907 and has since served on the faculty. From 1920 to 1954 he was head of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Dean Enger is a member of the American So- ciety of Civil Engineers, American Wfater XVorks Association, American Society for Testing Materials, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Western So- ciety of Engineers, Illinois Society of Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau, Chi Epsilon, and Mu San.

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