Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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O. L. WALLER, Ph. M. C. A. ISAACS, A. B. M. K. SNYDER, B. S. A. P. ANDERSON, B. S. E. E. WATSON, M. S. CHAS. TIMBLIN, M. A. Rod up! Plump it up! You.! WHAT IS CIVIL ENGINEERING? It’s a dog’s life, but it’s worth while. WHAT IS A CIVIL ENGINEER? Board Definition—Any engineer not military. Some W. S. C. engineers are military. “Mike” Snyder’s Definition—A man who can intelligently read “Wright’s Mechanics”. Another Definition—(Which fits a great many engineers)—An educated hobo. A Good Definition—An engineer is a man who can buck up against a job he never saw before, and make good. The Washington State College Civil Engineering Department ranks with the best. The twenty men who are leaving it in ’09 are all able to hold down good jobs. They are not school kids, they are young men of twenty-five, most of whom have had experience in their chosen line of work. They will make good. 18

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H. V. CARPENTER, M. S., M. K. AKERS, B. S., MACK MARTIN, M. S., F. W. MOODY, Ph. B., F. M. WARNER, B. S., THOS. A. BYRNE, GEO. A. HALL. A great many things could be said in favor of the Electrical Engineering Department which are unnecessary, since it’s greatness is already widely known. Where, where,—I ask you, where will you find one in this broad state of ours, who does not know of the many wonderful things performed with electricity by the students of this department? Where will you find one who has not heard seemingly fabulous stories concerning the greatest of Electrical Shows, presented each year by the Electrical Students? These shows are veritable revelations of the many wonderful feats that can be accomplished wtih the widely known, yet indefinable agent, electricity. Where is the man who has not heard many times over of the great baseball players who have been developed in this department? You are astonished at any relationship that may exist between electricity and base¬ ball? Listen! Tis easily explained . The great number of graphic curves that an Electrical Engineer must understand before he can begin to comprehend the fundamental principles of electricity, have been so thoroughly assimilated that he can apply them to the national game. Therefore it is easily understood why the greatest base-ball pitchers in the world are Electrical Engineers. History tells us of a famous beanstalk that grew up in a single night. So with us. From a very small laboratory and little equipment, we have grown in an incredibly short time, into a large and flourishing department, with well equipped laboratories. As for the Masters at the head of our department, Prof. Carpenter and Prof. Akers, we will say that they rank second to none in the West. Each year sees a greater number enrolled in this course; but the dreaded Sophomore Physics teaches many that the profession of an Electrical Engineer is not for them. Then Electorical Measurements, the joy (?) and delight (?) of the Junior, persuades still others that the course in Campustry offers a wider field and pays larger net dividends than Electrical Engineering. And so the process of elimination goes on, until at the end of four years, when the graduates step forward to receive their coveted sheep-skins, we are forcibly brought face to face with that old and well-worn adage, “Many are called, but few are chosen”. 20