The Civil Engineering Department has received from the Barber
Asphalt Paving Co. of New York an excellent assortment of
materials used by that company in asphalt paving work.
The Electrical Engineering Department is widely extending its
facilities for doing electro-chemical and metallurgical work. The
room between the two experimental laboratories, which has here
tofore been used as an office, is being fitted up for this purpose
and a complete equipment for wet metallurgical processes is to be
installed within two weeks. Purnaces for the production of carb
ides will be constructed, at an early date.
The election of officers for the present term held by the Ulectri
cal Society at a recent meeting resulted as follow.4:—J. C. Reed,
'99, president; A. H. Berger, 'oo, W. P. Beyerle, '99, and G. C.
Shaad, 'oo, vice-presidents; V. M. Weaver, '99, secretary, and
Prof. J. P. Jackson, F. F. Thompson and D. H. Plank, 'oo, ex
ecutive committee.
The Department of Electrical Engineering has just been pre
sented with a new Jewell ampere and volt-meter. This instru
ment is a new form of the one which has been owned by the Col
lege for some time and is considered an unusually fine instrument.
The College is indebted to C. Alfred Smith, '6l, who was for some
years Professor of Chemistry in this institution, for this gift.
The first joint-meeting of the Electrical and Mechanical Socie
ties was held in the Engineering Building on Friday afternoon,
February 3. The following articles were presented:—
" What is the Heating Surface of a Steam Boiler?"
nel, 'oo
" The Delivery and Distribution of Niagara Power in Buffalo "
—D. E. Carpenter, '99.
" The Judges Report on Motocycles at the Boston Show "
E. Weldy, 'oo.
" The Niagara Palls Power Plant "
C. S. Gingrich, '96, has presented to the Mechanical Engineer
ing Department drawings and a framed photograph of the Heisler
mountain-climbing locomotive, designed by Mr. Heisler, who was
for some time connected with the Department.
An article by Prof. C. L. Griffin, of the Mechanical Engineer
ing Department, on " Systems in Engineering Calculations and
Records " appeared in the American Machinist of January 12th.
COLLEGE NOTES
—V. V. Thompson.
—F. G. Con-