The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-16
PURDUE PHOENIX | K
RISES TRIUMPHANT FROM THE EN-
GINEERING BUILDING ASHES.
Experiments with the Locomotive
try-stanford University.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. 15.-Purdue
University opened under suspicious cir
cumstances this week with IN increased
number OF students. Those who In June
saw only the bare walls OF the rebuilt
laboratories were surprised to find them
beautifully equipped with finer apparatus
and better machinery than ever before,
and while the imposing front still lies in
ashes. the working facilities of the school
We're found to be as good as ever before
in its history. although the drawing and
recitation rooms will be uncomfortably
crowded. The MECHANICAL and civil en-
cheering offices are installed In the base
ment Of the main building, where the light
Is bad and ceilings low. but the professors
are cheerful and courageous. with plenty of
faith in the ultimate generosity Of the
State and Tippecanoe county. The locomo-
tive Schenectady is in a new brick building
of it's own, mounted on a new support and
attached to a newly designed dynamemeter
which measures it's draft TO o~ne-fourth of
an ounce. being the cleverest thing of the
kind in the world. The locomotive plant
is being got in readiness fof the expert
mental work of the American Association
of Master Mechanics. who will this year
spend $4,000 in laboratory tests of loco
motives. all at Purdue. These tests are
possible no where else. and it Is expected
that results will be attained which will
be OF untold value to the cause. of rapid
transit. Prof. w. f. NJ. Goss, the designer
of the plant, will superintend the tests.
which will be conducted by the best en-
gineers of the country. The generosity of
friends has enabled the experimental en-
OinaarinO ahnrarnry RI acquire ar laCG
than half cost many valuable machines
not before available for school work.
among which may be named a new fifty
horse power generator made by the Jenney
Electric Company. of indianapolis. a 15O-
ton Richie testing machine built expressly
for exhibition at the Columbian EXPOSE
ton, a thirty-five horse power Atlas en-
CINE. a thirty-five horse power Buckeye
engine. a laval steam turbine, manu-
featured only in Sweden, and the working
parts of a Baldwin locomotive. These
will enable advanced students to engage
in q wide range of experiments.
The electrical equipment has been in
creased by a one-story brick addition to
capacity. Professor Smith. who for sew
eral years was the designer for the Peret
company, of Springfield. Mass: is model
ing the laboratory after the famous one
in which he worked, and the change will
accommodate easily the large number OF
students so badly crowded last year. Sew
eral street car motors. the gifc of the Cen
eral Electric Company. have been mounted
and arranged wsth brakes for laboratory
furnish light for the whole group of uni
versity buildings. In this laboratory also
will be conducted this year many expert
ments with a view to improving the APP
Dlication of electrical energy to heating,
cooking and transit. Electricians antici-
pate the discovery of a method of a direct
transformation of coal into electrical ener-
gy without the Intervention of the steam
engine. which is attended by heavy losses,
- l. ~n~ 4. m tn
complete combustion. Such a discovery
will revolutionize manufacturing and COM
mercial industries. and happy the man who
The department of biology increases its
equipment by several of Bausch & omb'
rev microscopes of very high power. new
sterilizers. water baths and dissecting in
struments, and the department of
chemistry mas improvements in the
T way OF and hew am IiDrary additions ifie9ls
The wonder of 1t all is how President
Smart can nm a so . much for 1.-THE the
by the great and rich State of Indiana
with an amount of money which In other
States has accomplished nothing he has fos-
tered a school which receives the high re-
spect of educators all over the world and
the generous aid of manufacturers and en-
gineers all over this country to the neglect
of the schools of their own States. Indiana
should certainly provide ample means to
sustain the reputation which her great
FACULTY remains unchanged from last year.
with the exception of the appointment of
Frederick Morley. B. s.. c. E.. to the
chair of civil engineering to succeed Prof.
A. z. Phillips. resigned. Professor Morley
is a graduate of the Michigan State Nor
NAL and of the University of Michigan.
class OF 1881, taking the degree of c. E. in
1890. He comes directly from the Univer-
sity of Michigan, where he has for four
years been employed as instructor and lee
turer in civil engineering subjects, mean
while as United States government engi-
neer. conducting the re-survey and topo-
graphical surveys of the lake regions, hav-
ing in ~1sSS-1Ss9 been in charge of Missis-
sippi river improvements. Professor Nor
ence. which makes him a valuable man,
and much success is anticipated for him as
head of his department at Purdue.
The registration of students shows repre-
sentatiyes from Maine to Kansas. The To-
cal attendance seems to have been some
what influenced by the financial depression,
but the growing reputation of Purdue
school has increased her nonresident at
tendance, Notwithstanding more stringent
requirements.
Stanford University Plans.
san FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.-President
Jordan. of Stanford University. has given
an outline OF the improvements contem-
plated at the university by Mrs. Stanford
as soon as the courts allow. Upon the dis
tribution of the estate Of the late Senator
stanford about 100000 will pass to the
university. The remainder of the estate
will come under Mrs. Stanford's control.