Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-10
UNIVERSITY Of MAINE.
New Chemical Apparatus Baccalaureats Ser
mon-Growing Demand for Engineers.

Orono. Me-, May 9.-(SpeciaD.-The
department Of chemistry at the Uni
versity of Maine have recently added
TO its equipment a number OF Valuaole
pieces of apparatus, several of which
were speclaliy from Germany.
Among them are 1-16 h. p. hot air
engine for driving, stirring ana shak-
ing apparatus; Blair's stirring appa-
ratus for iron analysis; two Schiff $
micrometers; a Jewell still; Pull
frichs refractometer, made by Max
Wohl Bonn, for determining retroactive
induces of liquids. which will indicate
to the fourth decimal; Hite's appa-
ratus for determining molecular
weights, and Beckman's apparatus for
both freezing and boiling methods;
saccharometer made by Reichart Of
Vienna; a Ruhmkorff coil made by
Wohl which will emit a 4-inch spark;
and a set Of eight Auschnitz normal
thermometers, reading from Is regreeS
to 600 degrees centrigradc.
The baccalaureate sermon a the
University cr Maine is tn be delivered,
this year ~ the Rev. Seth c. Beach
pastor : tn Unitarian .hurch in Ban
gor. Mr.. Beach was born in Marion.
n. Y. siliuated from Union College
in 1863 a,,d from the Harvard Divinity
school III 1866. He has been in Bangor
since 1891 Mr.. Beach as located in
Augusta from 1861 SO; in Dedham.
Mass. 1S75-SS, anu Mas superintendent
Of missionary work in northern y .
York for the American Unitarian ASS.
f,e
baccalaureate sermo. Ms deliverfd a2
Rev ]. NJ. Buckley T. d LII. D.. Ill
tor Of the Christian Advocate, ana four
years ago. by III Rev. Martyr sum
merbell, d. d. pastor of the Free Will
Baptist churcu in Lewiston and a
member of tn" faculty OF the toDo D1-
Vinity school.
Edward j. BlaE- G. e. University Of
Maine. 1879, form. rly of North Bridg
ton. Maine, has been promoted from
chief engineer Of the chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad, a position he
has held for me ars, to consulting
engineer of the same road.
Between 1900 ana 2o00 trees and
shrubs have recently been 'lanted on
the campus of the University Of Maine.
Extensive improvements are to be
athletic field and during the summer
considerable work will be done on the
cinder track. including the addition of
a 22O yards GtraightaWay.
The these of the seniors in the course
in electrical engineering at the Uni
versity of Maine show vide range Of
subjects They are as follows: Ehen
Pierce Bassett. Bangor ana Hall Far
rington Hoxie, Water NE. Tests Of
Two % h. p. ThOnps i.OustOn Rail
way Motors: Harold Hayward Clark,
Ellsworth, and Hermon Henry Oswald.
Philadelphia. Pa. Design and Con-
struction Of II. p. Induction Motor;
Marshall auckland Downing. Dover.
and William Bradley Norrii Amherst.
Mass. Design and Construction Of a
Three Phase Dynamo; Irving Harry
Drew, Bar Harbor, and Charles Ebert
Blackwell, Madison. Design and Con
truction Of Storage Cells Of the Zinc
Lead Type: Archer Lewis Grover.
Bethel, and Edwin St Elmo Mosh7r.
Pressure Isle, Design for Wiring Pro-
posed Engineering Building for the L.
Of M: George Woodman Hersey. De
sign for the Equipment of a Proposed
Power House for the L. of NJ. at Still
water Falls; William Wallace Haney.
Passport, and Edward Everett Palmer,
South Bridgton Test of the l. of NJ.
Lighting Plant; John Wilson Brown,
Brimfield. Mass, and Rufus Houdle t
Carleton. Cedar Grove, Test on Re
sistance of Ground Return of the +.
.. & Q. St. Ry."; Harry Sanford Heyer.
Friendship. Comparison of Various
Methods of Testing Motors
Prof. H. NJ. Esta brooke. Of the Uni
Versity Of Maine delivered a lecture.
Friday. before the students Of the Lee
Normal Academy, on Elements Of
Good citizenship"
1t is an encouraging indication of
improved business conditions that the
demand for engineers is greater than
for many years one of the younger
members of the faculty at the Unver-
sity Of Maine has resigned to accept a
position with a large electrical COM
pany, graduates have been called for
in mechanical and civil engineering:
and a considerable number Of students
have LETT College temporarily, or foI
the rena '!ttrr Of the y-lr, to take rail :
road or other engineering work. The
graduates seldom have difficulty in
finding employment. ana there are AL
ways some students who obtain techi-
cal work FOR their vacations but the
call has not often come 50 early in the
year for so many men. The electrical
course is a new one but the gradua tes
find ready openings, and at good
advantages to themSelye-