University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Std ndin£( Committees of the Pdwculty. AMUSEMENTS. Prof. Buckley. bombergkr. Laughlin. Mitchell. ROBB. Price. Edelen. ATHLETICS. Prof. Richardson. Harrison, bomberger lyANAHAN. ROBB. Mitchell. Church. ALUMNI MATTERS. Prof. Bomberger. Buckley. Robb. Straughn. lyAUGHLIN. Mitchell. GOUGH. EXAMINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS. Prof. Spence. Taliaferro. Harrison. McDonnell. Bomberger. GWINNER. SCHEDULES. Prof. Gwinner. Spence. Taliaferro, townsend, McDonnell. Lanahan. DISCIPLINE. Maj. Scantling. Pres. Silvester. REVEILLE. Prof. Bomberger. Buckley. Straughn. LIBRARY. Prof. Spence. McDonnell. Bomberger. Gwinner. COMMENCEMENT. Prof. Harrison. Spence. Bomberger. Taliaferro. Richardson. SOCIETIES. Prof. Richardson. Bomberger. Straughn. Mitchell. Buckley. SANITARY AFFAIRS. Dr. Eversfield. McDonnell. Owens. Buckley. CLASS DAY. Prof. Spence. Taliaferro. Bomberger. Richardson.

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Calendar for 190O-I901. Fa..ll Term. September 20-22 Entrance Examinations. September 24 Monday, 9 A. M. College Work Begins. October 12 Friday, Meeting of the Board of Trustees. December 21 Fall Term Ends. December 14 Friday, Meeting of the Board of Trustees. December 21, noon, January 2, noon Christmas Holidays. Winter Term. January 2 Winter Term Begins. March 8 Friday, Meeting of the Board of Trustees. April 3 Winter Term Ends. April 4, noon, 9, noon Easter Holidays. Spring Term. April 10 Spring Term Begins June 1-14 Final h xaminations. June 14 P ' riday, Meeting of the Board of Trustees. Jiuie 16 vSunday, Baccalaureate vSermon 4 P. M. June 17 Class Day. June iS Alumni Day. June ig . . ■. CouHnencement Day, Exercises 11 A. M. 10

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Mechd nical Engineering, ©©©© FEW weeks before this article was commenced, the writer saw on one of the pages of a technical journal the following : Wanted. — Several good mechanical draftsmen ; graduates of technical schools preferred. Address Shinkle, Harrison Howard Iron Co., E. St. Louis, 111. Wanted. — A man between the ages of 25 and 35 to super- vise the inspection of raw and finished parts ; must have good education ; college or technical school training preferred ; also some practical mechanical experience ; salary $800.00 to $1,200.00 per year. Apply or address Employment Bureau, National Cash Reg- ister Co., Dayton, Ohio. The first was inserted by the largest water pipe foundry in the West, and the second by a company having capital stock of $5,000,000. These advertisements show that the engineering world is beginning to ap- preciate the products of the colleges. I desire to state at the outset, that this article is intended to be a personal plea to those young men having a fondness for engineering — either civil, electri- cal, mechanical or mining. If these branches have a fascination for you, don ' t permit the ideas of difficult studies, long periods of work, soiled hands, or the easy life of a mercantile or bank clerk, or book-keeper, deter you from pursuing the necessary routine of work for such professions as these. As the writer is interested in mechanical engineering, and as this college has a growing department, it was deemed proper to touch on this subject for an arti- cle in Tiiic Reveille. What is this .sort of an engineer, anyway ? Who should learn it and what salary does it pay ? How is it to be learned ? What is the best wa - of learning it? Wliat are its advantages? The.se are legitimate questions, and are likely to be asked by any thoughtful young man who is to make his way. An engineer in the true .sen.se of the word means One wlio uses tlie laws, forces, and materials of nature in the design and execution of works, including structures and machines. A mechanical engineer is the man who brings the 12