New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-10
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY AIMS TO TRAIN ALL AROUND MEN
NEW COURSES IN ELECTRO-METALLURGY And CHEM
ICAL ENGINEERING INTRODUCED.

lurcist he is s5 per cent as well equipped for
that line of work the graduate OF the course IN
metaIlurgy He is 50 per cent as well equipped as
the electrical engineer and whatever he may Do
lacking IL will take him only short time to ac-
quire. since he has fundamentals"
Chemical engineering, the latest addition TO the
curriculum at Lehigh while not an entirely new
step forward in the field OF broader education mas
as yet been taken up by only one other leading
educational institution in the country. according to
the Lehigh officials. Its object is the same as that
Of the course in eiectro-metallurgy-to equip young
men for all around work, though in another held
The student is taught chemistry with special ref
its relation engineering. and engineer
ing with its corresponding relation to chemistry.
There has" said prominent Lehigh University
official few days ago. long been need of men
possessing the qualifications this course is intended
TO afford. The course is designed TO prepare
dents for the profession of chemical engineer.
gagged in the construction and management of man.
ufacturing establishments involving chemical prin-
cples. such sugar rehneres gas works. distil-
leries. superphosphate works. bleacheries. dye
works. oil refineres. fertilizer works, soap works.
sulphuric acid plants, soda works and the like.
What the proprietors of such industries want
are men who go in and assume the manage
ment Of everything. The trouble has been hereto
fore that although the colleges and universities
throughout the land have turned out yearly chem
lists who thoroughly understood chemistry, they
understood little nothing OF engineering. The
same has been true of the young engineers with
relation to chemistry This fills the gap and
will equip men for all around work in the industries
mentioned"
Asa Packer. builder OF the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road and later founder of Lehigh University. was
nothing If not practical.
The Right Rev DR.. William Bacon Stevens late
Bishop Of Pennsylvania. describing Mr. Packers
first announcement of his wish to establish an
educational institution. wrote:
In the fan of 1864 interview was requested Of
me by the Hon. Asa Packer OF Mauch Chunk
he came to my house in Philadelphia and said
that he had long contemplated doing something
for the benefit Of his State. and especially of the
derived much OF the wealth which God had given
to him, and 10 the best interests OF that valley he
Of 20 for II the the GRnf
and moral Improvement of the young men of that
and drawing out his large and liberal views
asked him how much money he purp0sed 10 set
~Rf@ o e SSs' o
time OF this interview in the country, IL Is
doWment for literary nstitaon II wa an the
noblest offering which an American had laid
many royal donations which have carried down
the names OF kings and patrons OF European uni
mention of such gift for such an object asked
the noble donor what specific plans he had framed
'I not much acquainted with these matters
plaD which can nut into recfiv W' a,, 10
told him that would make the attempt. did
stitution I thought would give the largest re-
suits for the means used, and submitted 1t in a
With the practical Judgment and business habits
with which he deals with all great questions. and
adopted the scheme as the basis OF his future uni
vers!ty.
Lehigh has never departed from the wish of her
generous founder-to help young There
a time In the history of the university when young
men educated free OF all charge aud ii Is
even now possible for young man OF good char
acter and small means to 20 through Lehigh and