Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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the Washington State College. Here the minds of the ambitious youths are moulded by the ablest teachers of the West. The great lessons of accuracy and efficiency are so thoroughly instilled that after two years of general scientific work they are capable of grap¬ pling with the larger and broader questions of progress, as, Rail¬ road, Hydraulic, Irrigation, Sanitary and Structural Engineering. Here they learn the greatest lesson the world has to offer, the value of truth. The lawyer or even the statesman may deceive him¬ self and others by plausible logic, but the Civil Engineer soon learns that the penetrating searchlight of rigid analysis turned on even the most complicated structure will reveal all errors, all falsehoods. Thus the work continues until after four years of able guidance by the professors he can no longer deceive himself and is ready to enter the broad arena of life and make his mark in the progress of the world. Thoroughly prepared for the work before him, the world welcomes him with open arms. Competency is the keynote to success and competency is the watchword of the department. To educate the young men of the state to a fuller conception of the truths of progress, to make them masters of themselves, competent to grapple with the great problems of the day is the aim of the department. How well the department has succeeded is best told by its graduates, all profitably employed in the life work which they have chosen. 17

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6 6“ K ro - a 0 CHEMISTRY. This is the department where the students mix up some “stuff” and get something that they didn’t have to start with. Sometimes the “whole business goes up in smoke” with a little “blue blazes,” and all that is left is what you can’t see or taste or feel or hear, but still you’ll recognize its presence. This is usually done when company is expected. It leaves such a lasting impression with one who is not familiar with the work and the visitor never ceases to think of the self-sacrificing chemistry student as a martyr to the cause of science. Perhaps the most important, recent discovery made in this department is the reaction with glucose (c 6 h ii A 6 ) a dilute sol. of lactose (C„H „0„) and another organic compound, the chief constituent of which is theobromine ( C ? H 8 N 4 O z ) When this mixture is raised to a certain definitely known temperature it gives a heavy, amorphous, brown, solid precipitate, of a rich, sweet agreeable flavor and said to be of a highly nutritious nature, particularly as a brain food. This latter quality makes it very popular with the students of Stevens Hall in order to meet the drain upon their mental system, due to the heavy intellectual problems with which they have to deal. To enumerate the uses of the department is impossible with the limited space at our command. Suffice it to say that it stands for rapid progress and material advancement. Its usefulness in¬ creases as its numbers. (In pairs this year.) F. F. FLANDERS R. W. THATCHER PROF. ELTON FULMER W. R. BLOOR