Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-12-23
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL
AND MECHANICAL ENGI-
NEERING.

The advancement in the Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering Depart |
ment of w. S, c. is shown by the
agitation in favor of a $4,000 ap- |
preparation for new buildings for
this department,
The equipments in these depart |
ments are the best and satisfy every
demand for practical experience in
the electrical and mechanical line
The electrical laboratory has several
different types of dynamo s and al
large number of electrical testing in
struments The power for the dir
ect current laboratory is supplied by
120-volt storage battery. The al
| ternating current is supplied by a
! large generator which furnishes
! light and power for all the buildings
on the campus In this power plant
the student receives a great deal Of
practical training.
The wireless station is one of the
interesting features of the electrical
department. 1t is under the super
vision of Edwin Keyes. Messages
are received from Walla Walla, Mos
COW, Spokane, Seattle, and even
from San Diego, California.
The Mechanical Laboratory has
been renovated and has now a new
steam and gas engine laboratory
There are three different types Of
gas engines, four different types of
/ steam engines and a new steam tur-
bine with a condenser. Space is al
so provided for three traction engines
which enables much preliminary
work in traction engineering that
would otherwise be impossible. The
pleted. The large 100000 pound
Richie testing machine in this lab
oratory is one of the three of it's
kind in the Northwest A 5000
pound Olson machine is used for
testing small specimens. On the
upper floor of the testing laboratory
is complete cement testing labora-
tory equipper molds, Richie and
FairbanksMorse barquette testing
machines
Students in forge, foundry and
machine shop are under experienced
men and their work is not only ex-
perimental but also practical. The
college clock was made by the ma
chine shop students. All the man
hole covers for the tunnel were cast
by the foundry students. The stu
dents in forge work make hammers,
chisels, and tool points for the ma
chine shop, and do work for the min
ing department.
The Instructors are II. V. Car
penter, M. s., Professor and Head
Of the Department of Electrical and
Mechanical Engineering; Mack Mar
tin, M. f., Assistant Professor Of
Mechanical Engineering; NJ. X.
; Akers, B. s., E. E., Assistant Pro-
fessor of Electrical Engineering; B,
L. Steele, A. B., Assistant Professor
OF Physics; d. e. Foster, Instructor
in Mechanical Engineering; E. F.
Reyes, B. s., Instructor in Electrical
Engineering; d. f. Rouse, Superin-
tendent Heat, Light and Power;
Edward Davies, Assistant Instructor
in Foundry Practice; p j. Davis, As
sistant Instructor in Forge Work.
The students in these departments
have three organizations, a branch
Of the American Institute of Elec>
trical Engineers, the Junior Electri-
cal Society, and the Mechanical So
ciety. All of the senior electricals
are members of the A. /. E. E.
They take up the more technical
electrical subjects at their meeting
NJ. K. Akers is chairman and H. Y.
Carpenter secretary.
The Junior Electrical Society is
made up of the mem bers of the Jun
Tor e. e. class, L. e. Wright, chair
man, Max Baumeister, secretary