The principal instruments are Thomas's 10-place arithmometer, giving accurate results to 20 places; Thacher's computing scales; Grant's computing machines; other calculating machines, various types of slide rules, adders, etc.; Amsler's polar planimeter and Amsler's integrator; Coradi's linear and polar planimeters for very accurate measurement of irregular plane areas; Coradi's pantagraph for the automatic reduction of drawings and maps. ADMISSION Applicants for admission to the freshman class of the University in the College of Engineering must satisfy the general requirements described in paragraphs I to 7 on pages 75-6. Admission may be obtained, as in the case of the other Colleges and Schools, either by presenting a certificate from an accredited high school, as described on page 75; or by transfer of credits from some other college or university'; or by examination. Subjects which the high school certificate, if presented, must cover, or on which examinations must be passed, are described below. In all cases 14 units of high school work are required. Of these the following are prescribed and substitutes are not accepted: The remainder of the 14 units required for admission must be made up from the elective subjects listed in the table on page 77 and in the amounts there described. For admission as special students, admission by transfer of credits, and admission to advanced standing see pages 85-6. 'See page 86. 2See page 208. DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENTS ARCHITECTURE This department offers two courses of instruction and practice, preparing the graduate to enter the profession of architect, or that of architectural engineer. EQUIPMENT A large collection of casts of ornament, models of structures, working drawings and blue prints, specimens of stones, bricks, tiles, terra cotta, fixtures and fittings, of 300 species of American woods, etc., is arranged in the architectural museum. More than 20,000 engravings, photographs, etc., mounted on cards, are classified for quick reference in the drawing rooms and library. An electric lantern is used in a specially fitted room, together with a collection of 6,500 lantern slides illustrating the history of architecture and of art. A very fine architectural library is located in a large room in the department, and is open for use by students during the entire day. A vertical file case contains a large classified collection of plates from architectural journals and mounted photographs. A fine collection of 2,400 stereoscopic views has recently been purchased. ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING This course of study prepares students for the State examination for the practice of architecture, and for professional practice as architectural engineers, structural designers and computers, as well as superintendents of construction. It is intended for students who prefer the structural and mathematical side of the profession to its artisic side, and who desire to pursue the full engineering course in mathematics and to acquire a thorough knowledge of the iron and steel construction now employed in buildings. It differs from the architectural course principally in the addition of a second year of mathematics, of a year of study in bridge analysis and design, of a year in architectural engineering, and in devoting relatively less time to architectural drawing and design. CIVIL ENGINEERING The design in this department is to furnish a course of theoretical instruction, accompanied and illustrated by a large amount of practice. While the instruction aims to be practical by giving the student information and practice directly applicable in his future professional work, the prime object is the development of the mental faculties. The power to acquire information and ability to use it are held to be of far greater value than any amount of so-called practical knowledge. EQUIPMENT This department has an extensive equipment of compasses, engineers' transits, solar transits, levels, ordinary and precise,-plane tables, sextants, chronometers, barometers, etc. The deparment is provided with a collection of structural shapes and with full-sized joints of an actual railroad bridge, sections of columns, eye-bars, etc., and a collection of lithographs, photographs, and blue-prints of bridges and buildings. The cement laboratory occupies rooms in the Law Building, and is provided with slate tables, testing machines, molding machines, sieves, etc., and sample barrels of hydraulic cement, varieties of sand, and other necessary materials. The road laboratory occupies a room in the basement of the Electrical Engineering Laboratory, and is provided with machines for testing the resistance of macadam material to impact and abrasion and for making the cementation test. The laboratory is also supplied with a variety of rattlers and other devices for testing paving material. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING This is a course in theoretical and applied electricity. The first two years of work are substantially the same as in the other engineering courses, including practical work in drafting room and shop, as well as instruction in the fundamental principles of mathematics and physics. The last two years, while involving more advanced theoretical study, include practice in the design and operation of electrical apparatus, and the study of commercial applications. Courses in civil and mechanical engineering and in economics are also included. EQUIPMENT The 200 kilowatt power plant of the University located in the Electrical Laboratory Building is an example of recent construction, and affords opportunity for tests. The special direct and alternating current generators of the department furnish the power required to operate the various experimental apparatus and for charging the new storage battery. The various types of generators, motors, converters and transformers are well repesented, often in duplicate. Modern measuring instruments of unusual range are amply provided. Electric lamps of all recent types may be tested by the photometers, and telegraph and telephone instruments illustrate modern practice. Elaborate switchboards designed for rapid experimental work distribute current wherever required. A 200-H.P. test car fully equipped with electrical and mechanical measuring instruments is now in operation on the interurban line running through the University grounds. Through the courtesy of the Illinois Traction System this car has every facility for operating over its lines. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING It is the primary object of the Department of Mechanical Engineering to give its students a thorough training in the theoretical principles underlying the construction and operation of machinery and the generation and transmission of power. The theoretical instruction is supplemented by shop and laboratory work of a practical character. EQUIPMENT The drawing rooms are equipped with card indexes, reference books, catalogs, gear charts, etc. In the cabinet rooms are kinematic models and sectioned steam specialties. The Steam Engineering Laboratory contains steam engines of various types, a York refrigerating machine of 10 tons refrigerating capacity a DeLaval steam turbine direct connected to a compound centrifugal pump, a gas producer, a special test boiler of 210 horse power, an independent superheater, a compound air compressor, a four stage air compressor, several gas engines, air compressors, a hot-air engine, a large volume fan, and a complete outfit of instruments used by the mechanical engineer for testing purposes. In the central heating station are several types of boilers equipped with different kinds of automatic stokers; there are also various steam and power pumps. The shops of the College are in charge of this department; they consist of a wood shop, foundry, forge shop, and machine shop. The shops are large, well lighted and attractive; they are all equipped with modern tools and furnish abundant facilities for giving the student the necessary practice in this line of work. By special arrangement with the management of the Peoria and Eastern division of the C. C. C. & St. L. Ry., the power plant and shops located at Urbana have been opened to the Mechanical Engineering Department for visits of inspection and for experimental investigations. Ample opportunity is thus furnished for the study of ma |