University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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m College Of Mines I r is iiitcrcstiiif;- to iioti-, in ti ' aciiijr tlic liistoiy of the VHT-ions colleges of the I ' liiversity. tiie phenomenal develop- ment which has taken place in the College of Mines. From the meagre beginning of simple instruction in fire assaying, to its present position as one of the leading cen- tci-s of instruction for mining engineers to be found in this country, all in the brief space of twenty-three years, is a record of true western spirit of which Washington may well he proud. And it is doubly gratifying to observe that this college is not content to rest on the laurels of its past achievements alone, but contemplates still further development. In conjunction with the reconstruc- tion policj- of the University at large, a chair in ceramics has been established in the mining department, and with the arrival of the necessary equipment, full instruction in the development of the clay resources of the Northwest will be obtainable at the University of Washington. Increased growth in the number of the students and the broadening of the scope of the curricula has caused the College of Mines to outgrow its present (|uarters, but with the practical assurance that the iliues group, located south- west of the present Engineering hall, is one of the next groups of buildings to be placed under construction, this difficulty will be remedied and the future will be clear for an even greater mining department at Washington. Mines t )-niors of Ihr shuithiinis

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1. IF 1ft Kiiiiiii ' rrnni Hull. Lookhui ,Soi(th ling of this important subject, and extensive eiiuipnient for tlie develoi)nicnt of the work is already at hand. A new hydraulic laboratory, for the use of the depai ' tnient of hydraulic engineering, will t)e constructed during the summer. When it is uiulei ' stood that sixteen per cent of the total water power of the nation is in this state, and that ten per cent of the total water power of the United States is within one hundred miles of the University of Washington, something of tlie eiioi-niou-i possibilities along this line will be realized. Enfiincprinrj Hall. Lookinfi oith PAGE 18

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College Of Forestry and Lumbering p ' (« ; PAGE 20 11 A I ' S 110 sillfiir inridciit is ;i hcttcr cXtllllpIr of lllr gri ' at development liicli has taken place in the forest ly (lepartiiieiit than the ac- tion taken this year liy the Hoard of Regents inehang:- ing the name of this col- lege from the College of Forestry to the College of Forestry and Lnmbering. With this change the Uni- versity of Washington becomes the only college in the country that is ottering complete courses in both of these phases of forest work. Only one other college offers work approaching that of the local school in chai-acter. and the scope of the work at that institution is by no means as complete or of as comprehensive a nature as the course here. The forestry depai-tment handled the military topography instruction given to the Student Army Training Corps unit that was located on the campus, and also carried on special investigations in connection with the wooden shipbuilding construction and airplane program of the national gov- ernment. Regular work in the forestry depai-tment was greatly broken up during the war ; in fact, none of the usual forestry courses were offered except for a few upper-classmen, who were ineligible for mili- tary service because of nationality or physical incapacity. But with the resumption of normal ac- tivities, conditions a r e rapidly reverting to their previous status, and all courses will be placed on their former basis by tln ' time college reopens in the fall. 4 gig J.,.,,,