Widener University - Pioneer Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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I GEOLOGY In the Winter Term of the First Class year Call coursesD, daily recitations, five hours a week, are required in Geology. During this time the subject is considered structurally, his- torically and dynamically. The aim is not to train the student as a specialist in this branch of science, but to familiarize him with some of its leading theories and most significant deductions, and to make him conversant with a wide range of important facts. MATHEMATICS Five recitations weekly, one hour each, are assigned to Mathematics. A thorough study of Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry, Descriptive Geometry, Differential and Integral Calculus, Rational Mechanics and Hydraulics, is required of all students in the technical courses. Descriptive Geometry, Calculus, Mechanics and Hydraulics are omitted in the course in Arts. ASTRONOMY The Descriptive Astronomy required of the First Class Call coursesj, includes the phenomena of the heavenly bodies and their probable condition and history. Through- out the Spring Term daily recitations of one hour each are made in this branch of study. The instruction in the class-room is supplemented by such work in the Observatory as acquaints the student with the use of the instruments, and the telescopic appearance of the heavens. I8

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GOVERNMENTAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Throughout the Spring Term of the Second Class year fall coursesj, daily recitations are required in the study of Government. The rise of the governmental idea, and its development in nations, ancient and modern, are critically examined, with particular reference to the extension of Roman law and the growth of Anglo-Saxon constitutions and institutions. Throughout the entire Second and First Class years, one hour a week is devoted to carefully prepared discussions upon topics of interest in Political Science and Modern History. Thus the art of public address is developed, while the student becomes an original investigator in these fields. . PHYSICS During the Fall and Winter Terms, five recitations weekly, one hour each, are made in General Physics by the Third Class fall coursesj, while an additional hour weekly is appointed for either an experimental lecture or other spe- c1al work in this branch. The object is to impart to the student such knowledge as will enable him to comprehend natural phenomena and their causes, problems and original questions are propounded, to impress him with the laws that govern in this department of science, and to train him in the methods of thought employed. GENERAL CHEMISTRY The Third Class fall coursesj begins the study of Gen- eral Chemistry after the completion of Physics in the Winter Term. Daily recitations, one hour each, are heard, and weekly lectures given, of which accurate and complete notes are required. Each student performs sufhcient practical work to acquaint him with the construction and use of experimental apparatus, and also to enable him personally to test the general properties and behavior of the most impor- tant elements and reagents, a report being required of each experiment and the results. ' I7

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Course in Civil Engineering DEGREE: CIVIL ENGINEER The study of Pure Mathematics, pursued during the first two years of the Course in Civil Engineering, furnishes a thorough foundation for the specifically professional work of the remaining two years. During the Second Class year instruction is given in the principles of Land, City, Government, and Topographical Surveying, in Differential and Integral Calculus 3 in Mechanics, and in Mechanics of Materials. The work of the First Class year includes Hydraulics, Mechanics of Materials, Railroad Engineering, Bridge Con- struction, Sanitary Engineering, Hydro-Electric Practice and Cost, Keeping and Management Engineering. . A In Mechanics of Materials are studied the nature and methods of manufacture of the materials used by the engi- neer, together with their behavior under stress. In the study of Masonry and Bridge Construction the student is made familiar with the methods of designing and con- structing the various types of masonry, including reinforced concrete and framed structures. 'In Sanitary Engineering attention is given to Water Supply and Sewerage Systems, Sewage Disposal, and the relation of Sanitation to Epidemic Diseases. In Hydraulics are taken up the subjects of Hydrostatics, Theoretical Hydraulics, F low of Liquids, Hydraulic Motors and Pumps and Pumping. Hydro-Elec- tric Practice is taught with a view to acquaint the student with the civil, and not the electrical side of such develop- ments. The commercial as well as the engineering phases governing construction work are introduced. The study of Cost, Keeping and Management Engineering is intended to meet the demand that the engineer shall be a business man as well as a constructor or a designer. Such training is of value not only to the student that follows Civil Engi- neering as a vocation, but also to the one that engages in any occupation that requires the direction of the efforts of others. In connection with the work of this year, visits are made to various industrial establishments, and to engineer- ing work, either completed or in process of construction. I9