University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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«9hiliii® lili THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IN November, 191 7, three men out of a total staff of five in the Mechani- cal and Electrical Engineering Department, entered the U. S. Govern- ment service. Dean J. G. Scrugham was commissioned a Major in the Ordnance Department at Washington and has since won a promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel. Assistant Professor A. W. Preston entered the navy as a Chief Machinist and later was promoted to the rank of Ensign. Mr. P. G. McKinley, through the recommendation of the national engineering societies, was commissioned a Junior Lieutenant in the navy. The services of Mr. Frank Anderson were then secured as instructor in shop work through the courtesy of the officials of the Sparks railroad shops. Soon after the spring term closed in 1918, the University was asked to make arrangements for training soldiers in vocational work. A contract was made with the Government and on June 15th one hundred men were sent from the various draft boards in the state. The men were divided into groups as follows: Twenty in electrical repairs, twenty in concrete con- struction, ten in carpentry, and the remaining fifty in locomotive repair work at the Sparks railroad shops. The campus at once took on a very military aspect but as summer school was m session at the time, lawn parties and other social affairs were held during the first eight weeks which tended to brighten the order of things. The men all took an interest in their work and several of them were ap- pointed to Officers ' Training Camps. The second detachment came August 1 5 and was given the same work as the first, although the carpentry and con- crete courses were combined into one course. When the new barracks building was completed, the number of men in the vocational work was increased to two hundred and the additional hun- dred men were sent to the Sparks shops. The carpentry and concrete courses were discontinued and a course in surveying was given instead. Automobile repairing was also given in the Mechanical and Electrical laboratories in addition to the electrical repair work, the number in this course being in- creased to thirty. During this course, most of the laboratory equipment was 3fe 21

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z Agricultural and Home Economics Teachers are now in demand for the high schools of Nevada and in many Western States. This demand has increased with the introduction of these branches of instruction in the high schools in accordance with the recent Smith-Hughes Act. It is expected that a large number of students in both agriculture and home economics will follow the special training offered in our College of Agriculture for the training of teachers in agriculture and home economics. A vast army of specialists in agriculture and home economics are carry- ing on the very important work of the Agricultural Extension Divisions in the various states, including the work of county agents and specialists. A number of our graduates are now connected with the Agricultural Extension work in the West. This field of work offers excellent opportunities to the graduate who has more or less experience. Another important field for the graduate is that of the specialist, includ- mg dietetics, dairy manufacture, grain inspection, plant diseases, poultry hus- bandry, farm management and marketing. A few of our graduates have been trained as specialists in some one of these branches of work. At the present time many positions are open for certain specialists, and our College of Agriculture is prepared to give the student a thorough training in a number of these subjects. Dean Charles S. Knight ■ j.mi. 2fe 20

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overhauled and put in excellent shape, and a large amount of permanent work accomplished, such as installing machinery on concrete foundations, putting the electric wiring in iron conduits and making up auxiliary equipment. In each of the groups some men were found who proved very capable because of past experience in their line of work and they were used as assistants and sub-instructors. Some difficulty was experienced because of the crowded conditions of the laboratories when it became necessary to have men of the collegiate section running engineering tests while men from the vocational section were overhauling machinery nearby, although it should be said that each group saw their duty and did their best on the work assigned to them. Although due to war conditions it has been very difficult to secure new laboratory equipment during the past year, several fine electrical instruments have been purchased. Among these may be mentioned an oscillograph, an electric tachometer, and a polyphase wattmeter. With the impetus given to engineering, due to the war and the prospect of a large enrollment next semester, the outlook for this department of engi- neering is exceedingly bright. Prof. Stanley C. Palmer l tn n 1 1 ' MORRILL HALL 22