University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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ENGINEERING BUILDING VAS, The University—An Electrical i Clearing House PART from giving the regular courses in electrical engineering, the depart- ment is called upon to assist both the University and the state at large in a variety of ways. Special courses are given on telephone work for the short course Rangers and on the use of electricity in the home for the Home Economics is students. Those presenting pageants and plays frequently ask for assistance in obtaining special lighting effects while the University as a whole is constantly seeking expert advice as to the proper kind and size of motor, oven, electric furnace, signal, meter and so on to purchase and how to repair them. In case of dispute electric power companies sometimes send their test meters to be standardized and occasionally acceptance tests are run on various sorts of electrical machinery. Many ranchers, having small water power sites on their ity places, have secured advice as to the best means of development. Occasionally 2 |. gil strange questions are propounded; for example, the best lightning protection for F a powder magazine—but, naturally, the most frequent inquiries answered are concerning the troubles of the radio fan.

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THE CANNONS Now what of the fourteen per cent? Interested as we are in Idaho's own sons and daughters, what is our attitude toward those who come from other states, even from the ends of the earth, to live and study here? What can it be but one of warm and hearty welcome? Over a hundred of these register from the neigh- boring state of Washington, and many of this hundred live along the boundary line and merely happen to get mail through a Washington post office. Of the remainder, the distribution is really marvelous—and of great value to us all. Thirty states and five foreign countries are represented on this year’s roster. As these young men and women sit in our yarious classes and mingle in our activities, they help to educate us as we educate them. The provincialism inherent in a somewhat remote college community breaks down before such a cosmopolitan opportunity to know other communities and regions and sail the seven seas through the experiences of our immediate friends and neighbors. The native sons and daughters of Idaho are proud of their distinction. Dut we have no strangers within our gates. CRASH? ga mrs : 119) Tae thee Cree eed’: =) . 4 =— . a{ e.. , “ : .

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a i ENGINEERING LABORATORIES The University as a Testing Laboratory HE civil engineering department maintains an up-to-date testing laboratory which is of great service to the state. This laboratory is the only one in the state fitted to make the necessary tests on road materials such as cement, sand, rock, gravel, asphalt, tar, road oils, etc., all of which must pass certain specifica- tions before they can be used on the state highways. In this work the laboratory cooperates with the Idaho Bureau of Highways and the United States Bureau of Public Roads. Tension, compression, shear, and bending tests on wood, iron, steel, brick, etc., are made on a 200,000 pound capacity Olsen testing machine. Frequently tests are made on billet-steel for reinforcing concrete in culverts, bridges, or other structures. The methods of testing are those adopted by the American Society of Testing » Materials and the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, and by working in conjunction with them the University is able to furnish information to the state at large which insures proper construction of roads and buildings. [21]