The Somerset reporter., 1899-05-18
University of Maine.

The department of chemistry at the
University of Maine has recer fly added to
its equipment lumber OF valuable pieces
of apparatus. several of which were
specially imported from Germany. Among
thes are l 10 p. hot air ebgne for
driving stirring and III king apparatus;
Nlair's stirring apparatus for iron analy sis !;
two Schiff's micrometers; Jewell still
PuIfrich's refrdct IN, ter made by Nix
Wohl. Bonn. for dete mil ing reiractve
induces OF liquids viii will indicate to
The fourth d, cimal: Hte's apparatus for
determining molecu ar weights, and
Bee kman's apparatus for both freezing
and boiling methods; a sacchaTometer
made by Reichert OF Vienna; { Ruhmkorff
coil made by Wohl, which will emit a four
inch spark and set of eight Au'chnl
normal thermometers, reading from IS
degrees TO 6 10 degrees Centg AIDE
The baccalaureate sermon at the Uni
versity of Name is 10 be delivered is
year by The Rev Seth c. Beach. pastor Of
the Unitarian churt h in Bangor.
Between fifteen hundred and two thou
sand trees and shrubs have recently been
planted on the campus of the University
of Maine. Extensive Improvements are
to be made in gra ing the grounds about
the athletic fed and during the summer
considerable work will be done on the Gin
der track, including the addition OF 22o
yards s,raightaway.
The theses Of the seniors in the course
in electrical engineering al the University
of Maine show wide range OF subjects
They are as follows Eben Pierce Bassett,
Bangor, and Hall Harrington Hoxie,
Waieivile. Tests of two IS h. p. Thorn
SON Houston Railway Motors; Harold
Hayward CLARK, Ellsworth, and Herman
Henry Oswald. Philadelphia, Pa, Design
and Construction OF h. p Induction
Motor; Marshall Buckand Downing, Dc
YER. and William Bradley Morel, Am
herst, Mass Design and Construction OF
Three Phase Dynamo; Irving Harry
Drew, Bar Harbor, and Charles Ebert
Blackwell, Madison, Design and Con
str uciion of Storage Cells of the Zinc
Lead Type. Archer Lewis Grover, Bethel,
and Edwin ST. Elmo Mosher, Pressure
Isle, Design for Wiring Proposed Engln-
eering Building for the U. of M; George
Woodman Hersey. Design for the Equip
ment Of a Pro POSED Power House tor the
u. of M. at Saltwater Falls; William
Wallace Haney, Passport, and Edward
Everett Palmer, South Brdgton, Test OF
the u of M Lighting Plant John Wilson
Brown, Brimfield, Mass and Rufus
Houdlette Carleton, Cedar Grove. Test on
Resistance OF Ground Return of the B. o.
&. o. St. Ry Harry Sanford Heyer,
Friendship, Comparison of Various
Methods Of Testing Motors.
Prof II. NJ Estabrooke, of the Uni
versity OF Maine, delivered lecture Fri
day before the students Of the Lee Nor
NAL academy, on Elements of Good Clti-
zenship
1t is an encouraging indication OF i'm
proved business conditions that the de
mand for engineers is greater than for
many years. One of the younger mem
bers OF the faculty at the University of
M aine has resi- sned to accept position
with large electrical company graduates
have been called for in mechanical and
civil engineering; and a considerable
number Of students have left college tenn
porariy. or Tor the remainder of the year,
to take railroad or other engineering work.
The electrical course is a new one, but the
graduates find openings, and at good
advantage to themselves.