University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SINCE the last Artemisia was published, the Civil Engineering Faculty has been increased in size and efficiency by the acquisition of Professor C. R. Hill, who came to the University of Nevada October, 1917. His particular branch of civil engineering is structural engineering and he came fresh from the bridge department of the New York Central Rail- road where he had worked for several years designing bridges and other structures. The department no longer being a one man department, is able to cover the broad field more effectively than formerly. The Packard Mining Camp was the scene of the struggles of the summer surveying class of 1917 and most of the members of that class have since done valiant service for their country, sometimes in camps affording no more of the luxuries of home life than did the three tents of the Packard Survey Camp. During the year 1917-18 most of the civil engineering students forsook the campus for more exciting fields of action and judging by their letters some of them found others besides college professors who demand strenuous mental effort. But one of our civil engineering students stayed long enough to earn his sheepskin in that eventful year, because it took Uncle Sam three trials to find out how to get him. That same Uncle Sam needed him so badly that he finally had to reach down one-half inch to get him, but did it just in time to snatch him away from final examinations. However, Billy made his com- mission in the Engineering Corps in spite of missing the important drill of Senior final examinations. The writer went East on United States Explosives Plant construction m March, 1918, leaving Prof. Hill to try out the one man department scheme for the balance of the year. Incidentally, in that Eastern job the writer noticed that among engineers from all parts of the country the Western men did not have to ask any favors of the Eastern men. The Section B, S. A. T. C, took most of the writer ' s time, October t6 December inclusive, again disorganizing the work of the Civil Engineering Qxz m !■ iW lHflifljWUMItMiliffiMHflM irtiMflWitHtiMaiB 23

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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

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? r Department somewhat, but the war is over now and we hope the flu will soon vanish. The immediate future is uncertain but after conditions become adjusted to a peace basis, the outlook for engineering in general and civil engineering in particular should be good. All things point to a good enrollment next fall and we hope several of our civil engineering boys will be back from war service and bring some good new men with them. Acting Dean H. P. Bordman Id 24