The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1895-06-13
Mechanical Engineering Il the Unirer-

tive enterprises While all branches
" industry depend ID great measure
upon credit for their conduct, con
structive enterprises must RELY ell
tirely upon the probability that
teere will arise d demand for the de-
velopment Of such. With revival of
business activities and commercial
enterprises there isi felt 1 steady rise
in engineering work and the worth
Ofsan education which best fits for
], 1T.
Engineering edNcAtion has its ma
tional society sflffally dexOfed 70
iie promotion liz s 1tE06f fn6tkdl1
in about seventy state colleges and
universities has reserved munifcent
endoWments from fndfyidGafs who
have been keenly alive TO the needs
Of such an education ID their own
lives or had been greatly benefited
by its wise promotion in their own
industrial enterprises; and, with
scarcely an exception it has become
q growing conviction that il any
young man would win lanreis in the
profession Of engineering he must
needs become a graduate of one or
more Of the technical schools having
educational courses particularly de-
voted to his professional training.
West Virginia is State Of remar-
kable resources Its future is-Very
largelp IN the hands Of the present
generation Of young men. Its unique
place in the Union will come to be,
more and more felt as its natural re-
sources are developed and its future
industrial progress assured. It was
deemed of first Importance in this
direction that West Virginia young
men should have provided for them
adequate facilities for acquiring
thorough engineering education in
the University within their own
State.
1t has been accomplished in a de-
gree. The course I'D Alechanical En-.
cheering i now completing its third
| yesg. a &l2, 900 Mechanical Hall.
containing ths shops ind laboratory
of the depaFtinenE AZ equipment
valued At 2S, poo H. Zen Installed
flor this practical side 1 The training
of the mechbnicnI enf ser.
While such trainin tnprises the
now well organized nss..smic courses
leading u tie degree nf Bachelor Of
Schemes, i may besnid that its two
distinctive fehtnres are shop training
and experiments engineering. The
Iasademic and technical studies are
combined ID such way Is u give.
the element of a liberal education as
the best possible preparation for the
future life work. Beginning with
the junior year, a proper foundation
is laid upon which may be
built successful practice and es-
tabiished q desirable reputation In
engineering work. ..s .*1I@
/ The instruction given in the Me
| chanical Hall comprises four years
course In mechanic art or shop train
ing, two years course in machine
drawing and designing and two
years course in experimental eDgi-
neering. These practical courses
lie at the very foundation of all sub
stantial development in mechanical
engineering. They assure the stu
dent the Lest prospects of rapidly
advancing In his profession. 81.
Shop training Is the least under
stood yet the. most valuable. It i'd
not given that the student may bel
come a blacksmith or q Ratchet and
saw carpenter. No effort is made to
teach him a trade, as such. But, a
thorough and logical course in shop
practice il as necessary to the me-
ehanieal engineer. al similar instruc-
ton in book keeping, business forms
and transactions is to the account
ant He may read it, be lectured
about it, see others doit, but he win
never have a grasp|of its first princi-
pies till he engages in the fundamen-
tai operations himself.
Below are some interesting facts,
regarding the value ofinstruction in
mechanic arts or g manual training
as it is sometimes called, from rep
EresentatiVe school.
Fourteen ont of the first class
Of fifty. seven ard superintendent
| and managers Of industrial shops ].
others are il business for themselves,
or employed rs teachers. civil engi-
neers etc, thirty seven or that class
being employed in occupations for
which their MAMMAL training school
education speedily fitted them.
This. after SIX years.
The corporation Of such sOunda-
ton courses into the eduction Of the
mechanical engineer cannot but be
beneficial In helping the young grad
uate get q start in the world Of engi-
nearing. After that the race de-
ponds upon himself II takes only
4 short while for the technically ed
ucated young man 70 outstrip the
unedneated mechanic or engineer.
What do mechanical engineers doS
Why should q young man having
any aptitude for such work become
= mechanical engineer These
1 questions, often asked are easily an
sWered. or 400 living graduates.
representing twenty consecutive
graduating classes of d well known
school Of mechanical engineering,
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