Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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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

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FRANCIS A. THOMPSON, E. M. The miner’s pick shaped the corner-stone for the foundation of progress and prosperity in the west. To-day, technically trained men are adding to the structure so firmly founded. To meet the demand for men to plan the progress and success of the great ventures, the Washington State College School of Mines was founded and for eight years, its graduates have gone forth to con¬ tinue the work already started and unearth the riches of new fields. From Mexico to Peru, from British Columbia to Alaska, State College assayers, engineers and metallurgists are in the mines, mills and smelters. The work of the School of Mines follows the two main branches of the old time profession, Mining and Metallurgy. The first dealing with the extraction of ore from the ground and the second, the extraction of wealth from the ore. Tunnelling and timbering, assaying and milling, ore dressing and metallurgy are taught in the Mining Building at the foot of the college campus, while geology, chemistry, mathematics and surveying and other subjects in the courses are taught in the college recitation halls and laboratories. Each summer finds students of the State College School of Mines working in the mills and mines of Goldfield, the Coeur d’ Alenes and British Columbia. 22