The Helena independent., 1894-12-10
KATE p. CALVIN.
Instructor OF Music.
Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics.

Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics
Bozeman. Mont. Nov. "a. 1S94.-Rcv
James Reid. A. h.. President OF the Col.
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Bozeman, Mont: Dear Sir-In accor-
dance with your request, beg 10 sub
NIT the following report OF the college
department under my charge.
Department Of Shop p-Work. Equip
ment-The new experiment station
building being completed In September
the basement was placed az the dis
posal of the college for a work shop
This room is well lighted and has 2
floor space OF forty-seven by forty-ont
feet.
During the summer, after making eX-
tensive Inquiries among the leading
manufacturers of machinery and after
carefully going over the equipments OF
similar colleges, It was decided 10 pur-
chase the following:
One iron planer, twenty-five inches
by five feet.
Two screw-cuttng lathes slxteen-inch
swing. six-foot bed. with plain rest.
one screw-cutting lathe. slxteen-inch
swing, slx-foot bed, with compound
rest.
Three wood-turning lathes eight-inch
swing.
One twenty-lnch drill press
One thlrty-six inch grind stone.
one fifteen horsepower vertical en-
gine.
one twenty horsepower return tubu-
lar boiler together with the necessary
shafting. hangers belts. etc.
Owing to the business depression pre-
vailing at the time. this machinery was
a 4.
by having 1t shipped by car load lot
the charges for freight We're reduced "a
a minimum.
The boiler has been placed in set
ting OF brick, the engine placed on a
solid brick foundation. and the mnchn-
cry and shafting erected In a workman
like and substantial manner.
The entire plant is working very
smoothly and causing very little vibra-
tion In the building.
Two benches have been built for car
pentry work. and two for iron work
fitted with vises and drawers for tools.
Five complete sets of carpenters tools
have been purchased. also a supply OF
files, chisels, hammers, etc. for metal
work.
A tool room eight feet by eight feet
has been built and supplied with drills.
taps. dies and other tools.
Among the other equipments may be
mentioned Thompson improved indi-
Gator and Brown & Sharpe microme-
ter caliper.
With the present equipment. twenty
students can. with advantage be ac-
commodated in the shop.
The Course-After going over the diff
ferent pans Of teaching shop work H.
well-known and representative schools
throughout the country, 1t was decided
20 adopt the manual training method
or shop exercise system, In which the
student Is required To do a graded series
OF exercises in the handling OF the diff
ferent tools and machines. and the
making ~ certain typical forms OF CON
struction selected as being representa-
tive of the methods Of handling tho
different tools and demonstrating the
action Of the different machines. This
course being most cmlnenty adapted
Tor securing that most important priu-
Cple Of all manual educntiou-the train
ing Of the eye and the hand to act 10
gether. and the requirement NJ that pc
culiar and useful knowledge that comes
In only through the finger tips.
At the present time the sophomore
class Of the agriculture course, consist
ing of nine students. are at work in the
shop three afternoons in the week. do
Ing good work. The exercises are all
executed from working drawings. The
object being to familiarize the student
with mechanical drawing. copies ~
their drawings showing the progressive
exercises accompany this report II Is
intended that the students shall acquire
further skill IN making some apparatus
for the use VI the college. Plans have
already bccn made for a blueprint
frame for III" engineering depart
mcnt and for some models Tor IN,
use Of The art department Shor
talks are given 20 the student.
from time 10 time on the nature ant
uses uf the various tools. and instruc
ton on the best methods OF keeping
them In nrdcr
Each student is required 10 run III,
engine. and 10 attend 10 the boiler and
steam pump ms part NJ the shop instruc
tlon
The progress made by the student,
Is On The whole very satisfactory Eumt
or them showing considerable nntura
talent in this direction, and the mtcros'
taken by all of th"m I'm the work Dc
shown by the fact that during the tern
only two absences have been reported.
Mechanical engineering There arr u'
tho prprut time two students In thl'
class. To these have been glvon two
lectures per wreck uu The subject ~.
steam boilers. A visit has hrrn Pal,
a. the experiment station flr The pur
pose NJ inspecting The boiler In M,
work shop ana trips ~ Inspection {,
thu olpct,ic Hight plant and 10 the hplleI
house pf the iFDz"WUH Milling COmp1n,
are contemplated, Numerous exercise
IA boiler design are given from time [,
time.
Department Of mathematics In thl
department Glasses have horn forme,
IN algebra and triEonomrtry
ln the algebra class thero are at pres
cut twNnty-thrc students The tox
book la use is the same aa last year
namely WcutWurths Complete Aleo
'a. To many 0f the students this d
entirely new subject and rs besc
ib M" difficulties which are inynri
nNly associated with any new form %
mDuugl rNnrtiOu n hns. therefore bVel
Judged cNpcdlcnt a. make haste slowly
c''ering only Io much ground ng ma.
hr gone over thoroughly. thereby lay
Ing a solid foundation for more ad
yauceG work.
In the hightr algebra class this ad
vance work has been taken up. Tn
work done thl;. term includes theory a
eNpOnents, radicals, lpgUtilhmic yarla
tion and series, Three periods wee