The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-20
! GREAT WORK
e Being Done By the College
Of Mechanical and Electri-
cal Engineering. .',

There Is no department of the Uni
versity Of North Dakota which stands
In better favor with the public or
which is destined to play more prac-
teal part in the development of the
state than the College Of Mechanical
and Electrical Engineering. This is
an age of practical things; it belongs
to the man who can give the greatest
results with the least given outlay.
1t is an age which demands results
In things material. Technical educa-
ton Is the education of the future,
much more largely than 1t has been
the education of the past. Trade de-
mands better machinery and better
methods. If we would compete with
Germany in the markes of the world,
we must know how to make good ma
chinery which will make superior
commodity. In other words, we must
have the very best technical educa-
ton.
Yesterday a member of the Evening
Times staff was caller at the uni
versity and through the courtesy of
DIR. Calvin H. Crouch, dean of the COL
lege of Electrical and Mechanical en-
cheering, saw something of the work
being done. The college is yet in its
really infancy, having but three grad
yates and having but two for this
year. This mans that DIR. Crouch is
doing thorough work, looking to the
quality and not the quantity. The
work being done by the advance
classes Is on par with that being
done at any big university; the COL
lege is well equipped with apparatus
and has a splendid faculty of nine
members. pF mp WI
Enrolment IN Large. 3,a
The enrolment of the college prop
er is IS at present, with enough stu
dents from other colleges taking work
to bring 1t up to fully 60. The floor
space occupied by the various divi-
slons aggregates II, $50 square feet.
There Is machinery for doing all kinds
OF electrical and mechanical work;
experts in all the branches of the
mechanical and electrical callings i'm
part to the student the fullest theoret-
ical knowledge and the greatest skill
by practice of the hand. The course
covers four years, and about one
eighth OF 1t is given up to shop work,
while about 0ne-sixth is devoted to
drafting and designing. The remain
~ technical and scientific work. The
nrst year is spent in the carpenter
shop. The student is taught the use
OF tools and the accuracy necessary
to fine work in wood. The first work
is not saved, but as the student pro-
crosses, he makes furniture of various
Kinds for the equipment of the college
departments. The work here occupicc
60, I'M
next two terms six hours a week are
spent IN the blacksmith shop where
each student is taught the trade. He
spends the last term in the foundry.
At the end of two years he is a car
penter and blacksmith, with a good
knowledge of science and mathemat-
les.
The Workshop.
The next two years are spent in the
workshop, six hours week. The stu
dent Is made familiar with all patterns
of machines used in iron and steel
work. The shops are fitted out with
the latest machinery and the students
work common iron and steel into the
most difficult designs. At present the
advanced students are at work on a
complicated air and circulating pump.
It Is work which can only be done by
the best workmen with technic Z train
ing. In fact, the shops can turn out
any work which taxes the skill of the
expert.
Mechanical Laboratory.
The mechanical laboratory is fitted
out with the test apparatus for test
Ing steam engines, gasoline engines,
the tensive and compressive strength
of materials, etc. It is complete in
every detail.
The electrical department is COM
plete. The course in this useful trade
is very complete. In fact, it is much