The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-14
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE A. & N.
Every Thing Is in Readiness For the Next
Session.

great many applications for admls-
| sion 10 the Agricultural and Mechanical
| College this year have been received anu
| -hev are still pouring N ~ the dozen
! daily.
President winston is securing what
! rooms he can in the immediate neishbor-
| hood of the college, but very few are
available. 1t will not BE possible 70 have
| an increase in the numDar OF students
over last year for the reason that there
| ie No Mace 10 accommodate them. Iresl-
! denr winston has decided not TO crowd
the dormitories with students as was
done last year. He does not think e
healthy nor safe. The limit mat me
college Will accommo Late IS II. Al
! over his number must be accommccateu
i, the neighborhC0d outside Of the col
| lege. All the college buildings nave teen
overhauled. repaired, white washed ana
mt in good shape. The young men VIII
! find their rooms ready TO be occupled OH
| their return. The beds and other furnl-
ture have been repaired and propeFl.S
cleaned.
Since the last session an army oHlcef
has been secured for Military Instructor
Capt. F. E. Phelps of ONO. captain
PHELPS has already moved &c Ralelsn WITH
his family. He is now engaged IN pre-
paring the regulations for the discipline
If the college next session, which Will
be enforced uader his immediate direc-
ton.
small building has been erected for
the Electrical Engineering department..
This was made possible through the
| kindness Of the superintendent of the
penitentiary, who generously supplied the
| brick. An additional engine, q dynamo
| and other machinery aavc been added TO
the ecuiomient. To his building Will
| he moved all the electrical machinery and
eouipment now in the Mechanical build
ing.
The Mechanical Engineering Lahara-
!! tory will be much enlarged and improved
by moving out the electric machinery.
| Juniors and Seniors in Mechanical En-
cheering Will have better oppprtunl-
| ties for testing both material and ma
chimes.
The Textile Department has really been
created de nova, while the Department OF
| Electrical Engineering and Mechanical
| Engineering have been very greatly
strengthened and improved.
1t will be equipped with all machinery
necessary for instruction, three car loads
of machinery already being donated by
northern manufacturers. The chief donors
are: The Within Machine Works, Whit
i~nsyille, Mass, through Stuart w. Cram
er, agent, Charlotte, N. c.; the Draper
Company, Hopedale, Mass; The Saco and
Pettee Machine Shops, Newton Upper
Fails, Mass, through A. II. Washburn,
Southern agent, Charlotte, n. c.; Jones
and Laughlin, Pittsburg, Pa, D.. A..
TCmpkins Company, Charlotte, n. c. The
Within Company not only donated a large
amount of machinery, but also sufficient
supplies to work with for some time. A
| great many applications for admission to
the Textile Department are coming in,
and it is probable that the attendance
here will be very large. The Department
is temporarily located in the college
chapel until a suitable building can be
erected.
A good deal Of machinery has been adj
ded to the machine shop and the wood
shop. A complete Encouragement viii be
made Of the wood shop and carpenter
shop, throwing these into one large room.