University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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PROLFSSOR C. J. NORWOOD, State Mine Inspector. PROFESSOR JOHN P. BROOKS, Dean of Civil Engineering;.

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vScHool of Civil Engineering' The School of Civil Engineering occupies the second floor of the engineering building consisting of office, recitation room and drawing room. The equipment in- cludes five high grade transits, three levels, a compass, solar attachment and plain table. The drawing room is provided with many instruments of precision, includ- ing a pantagraph, Thatcher-slide rule, polar planimeter and other implements. The library is well stocked with books and periodicals pertaining to civil engineering subjects. The civil engineering profession just now offers great advantages to those who perfect themselves in it. There never were such opportunities or such great rewards awaiting those who are fitted to adapt the forces of nature to the needs and com- fort of mankind. There never were as many bridges to be built, as man}' moun- tains to be tunnelled, or as many streams to be converted into useful power as at present. People are demanding with greater insistence a pure supply of drinking water, and a proper disposition of the sewerage of towns is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Abundant openings will be ready for all our graduates for years to come in lines of wnrk that are both profitable and pleasant. . Perhaps the surest test of the merit of a school is the character of work done by its graduates, and judged by this criterion the School of Civil Engineering of State College occupies an enviable position. Every one of its young graduates has adopted civil engineering as a profession, and all are hard at work in lucrative and responsible positions. It would be pleasant, if space permitted, to recall something of the work done by each of the graduates, but this is not necessary. The names of many of them are familiar to those in college now' and it will be sufficient to say that hard, consecutive, conscientious work in college has in every instance yielded fruit of which the School of Civil Engineering may justly be proud.