The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-11
War Gives Impetus 10
Study Of Engineering
and Technical Subjects
Special TO The lntcllIgcncer.

Special to The Intclliccnccr
MORO .ANTOWN. W. Va. Aug. 10.
The favor in which men with engineer
ing training were held during the war
Is reflected in tn" demand by students
for engineering trimming during the past
year: This is shown by the incrcaS :
III the year or two Of 25O per cent in
tho enrolment in the college of cngi-
nCCring. West Virginia university,
which sets high record for similar do
partmcnts in ether universities 10 shoot
IA; This is III" greatest inCrcas" by far
Of any branch Of the university here ana
there is probably NOT school in the
county which can show such an in
crease in itr engineering enrolment. II
must be remembered. too. that this
number is not swollen by the hundreds
Of S. y. T. c. students. who were here
last year. but only includes the rcgu-
larlr enrolled students.
Tho engineering college was founded
in 1855 and thirteen students were in
the classes III" first year. In 1895 thcr"
were thirty-twu students. in 1870 there
were fOrty-UnC students, in 1908 tho
number had lcap"d up 10 10. in 1910
the pendulum swung back 20 CiEhty-two.
IN 1915 it lCapcd UP to l$@. and in 1915
dents. When the university opens again
this fall for regular work in September
there should bc an equal number TO en-
roll under tho Capnbc staff headed by
Dean c. Ross Jones.
The past year was by all odds the
busiest that the engineering college has
ever had and in the same degree was
the must SuCccssf 4 summary of tn
work accomplished indicates the scope
Of tho activities Of this college. IA
stated above, there were All students
enrolled for college work. In addition
To this. there were flfty-scvcn students
at the summer school Of mines which
has Just closed Section L. Of tho stu
dent army training corps. had 92l young
men taking vocational trimming OF w.
rious kinds at tn" university up unit!
tho TING tho arniStiCo was signed. Night
classes in electrical work had thirty"
seven workers. There wcr" siXty-siv
students from other colleges. This
gives a total Of La? students.
Attention must also he given to tho
mining extension work. There were reg.
ularly enrolled last year Csc mon.
while there wore 3.O95 mon attending
the mining classes who did not take the
fun courses.
II ~ interesting - note tho favor in
v.hich the various subjects are held. A
e, mpnrisou shows little difference" in
popularity hctw"cr civil, mechanical and
electrical engineering. civil engineer
ing. which il tho oldest subject tauEh:.
has Tia students: mechanical engineer
inE ANNEXED TO l32 students: electrical
engineering had ITO students: mining
had lw"uly-ihr"" students
a'.l chemical engineering f"riy-two SUI
DENTS. \ few wears ago There was Nir-
tralIy no demand FOR chemical engineer
Irg but the WIZ 50 Clrrrly d"m"nSirat"d
tn need of training IN chemistry thHt
II promises soon 10 rank IN popularity
y IN Tho three leading engineering pro-
r">yiuns This course has just recently
b,rn arranged and further additions 10
{ viii h., mad" ut mn carly date. Min
H. rmrinr"rnE is ais" rapidly growing
in favor.
Tho rm.:inroring annex To mechanical
hall vas Completed two years ago ana
further extensive improvements hay"
Just been mad" Ia 'hc bindings. greatly
irrr"as tho available floor space and
adding to the mechanical equipment.
This addition was made in the big court