The Forrest City times., 1906-10-12
WATCH ENGINE RUN
, opeNTS PATH OF LEARNING
 MADE EASY.
oes,ee at Columbia University bv which All Parts of Looon,. tive m Action Can Be Stud
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 From the foot of the grand staf-, leading up to the library of Columbia university We pass round to the loft of the great library and come in tI,c entrance Of the school of eneineerfn.. We find here lecture rooms. lgbora torres. drawing rooms and n,Vseums and In connection with these school departments is pattern shap, forge and machine shop-in fact everything young man needs in learning to be a iirstelass engineer We go downstairs and enter fine large shop, and there. on its track. stands passenger locomotive. the Columhia-iust such grand fellow as aipling's engine hero in his story entitled "0.o07.
 Here is locomotive turned school master. We walk round the grand old fellow and stand before the great driving wheels. Here we are at the edge of deep pit In the floor. In it we see pair of massive wheels sup ported on great timbers. Each wheel is exactly under and rests against ono Of the great drivers" and when the drivers move the wheels in the pit move, too, and in this way the on. zine can move its wheels and yet stand perfectly stin. To give perfect security, the first wheels of the en. zine are blocked up.
 By this device 1t is possible to have an engine run at full speed while we sit beside the track and see just how 1t works. On the road the engine flies along so quickly that it is i.n. possible to see anything. still less learn anything. Think what an i'm mense advantage We have in this school of the locomotivc, Here in this quiet, comfortable room We can walk all about the great machine learn the name and use of every part and actually see how it works.
 The assistant teacher fiji this school of the locomotive climbs irto the cab with several students while a part of the class are studying the ac ton of the pistCns in the steam cylinders. Others can study steam making, the work ot the running gear. or the wheels Ona hoy can stud oiling, while another Is studying the use Of the air-brake Again. hoy may flag the train to see fl the boy at the lever Knows the rules of the road A dozen boys can thus study an engine turning it's wheels at 40 miles an hour in perfect ease and safety, while 50 more can learn much of the lesson by looking on and lis. tening to the explanations of the teacher.
 A locomotive is a grand, scientific tool used ill Certain way for q cer- tain end. An engineer uses this splendid tool in scientific way, and he must be himself man of sci. ence. It is not enough to know how to stop her or start her. or run "on time according to the rules of the road He must know his engine: know every part; how it is made and used. He should be able to make complete working drawings of the whole machine, from the headlight 10 the draw bar. He must know how the steam behaves inside that cylinder and must be able to take the cylin- der arart and put it together again He must know how every part is made and be able instantly to decide when the engine works badly, aud why and be able, as far as possible 10 cure it's little ills and disorders He must know it all; must be fireman machiuist. railroad man, engineer and man of science He must have strong calm nerves, and must never get con fused. or lose his head, or make mistakes A hundred lives may de- pend on his knowledge and skill
 The men who build locomotives in the great shops at Philadelphia see that this is the way to teach. So they made this splendid engine q gift to the university, that in it's cab young men and boys can have d bet ter chance to learn 10 be engineers than cid their fathers, who picked up iutiI CuuNdAlOH Oil tiiC IOiQs
 No more will the Columbia make her 60 miles an hour. Never again will her headlight gleam on the pol ished rails. Her whistle will never startle the echoes in the mountains to wake the sleepy towns along the river She is here at rest. and will never go out again along the line She Is here to teach-and to teach is the greatest thing any man or ma chine can de- Perhaps the captive engine misses the road. and dreams of the lights and signals beside the way and longs to fly along the track. Or perhaps Columbia knows she is at school. and is really and truly a teacher on the staff of a great uni vers!ty Charles o. Barnard, in St. NstchN1ac