State
Vol. 111, No 20,
Vast Plans for Engineering,
To relieve the crowded condition
of the present Engineering building
and provide the best possible facili
ties for modern instruction in all
branches of engineering, elaborate
plans have been made and approved
for a complete reorganization of
various departments and extensive
additions to the Duilding.
A massive tower will replace the
present pump house, and fom there
a series of connected buildings will
extend along College Avenue almost
to the Mining Building. That por
tion of the structure now devoted to
the machine shop, forge room, and
carpenter shop is to be made two
stories in height and extended back
parallel to, but separated from, the
buildings on College A venue for a
distance of six hundred feet. All
these additions will conform in
architecture to the present “building,
and will, when finished, form the
finest and most complete school of
engineering in the country.
Before these plans were deter
mined upon, drawings of all the en
gineering schools in the country
were secured, and it is believed that
the best features of each, together
with additional improvements, were
incorporated m the proposed struct
ure. Among these might be men
tioned a large lecture room, with a
seating capacity of four hundred,
to be used whenever it is desired to
assemble all engineering students for
lectures or demonstrations. Lab
oratories and recitation rooms will
be placed side by side in order that
frequent use may be made of labora
tory apparatus in class room work.
Separate rooms are set apart for
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thesis work, for the calibration of
instruments, for gas engines, gas
producers, and testing of materials.
Each shop will have its own lecture
room adjoining, where frequent de
monstrations of shop practice will
be given. One of the buildings will
house the locomotive, several cars,
and a' complete testing plant.
To provide for urgent needs of
the present, the Legislature will be
asked this year to begin the vast un
dertaking by making an appropria
tion for part of each wing. These
will include an addition to the power
plant and an electric laboratory on
the College avenue side and a Trans
portation Building on the far end of
the other wing. With'these as start
ing points the remainder will be con
structed as funds are provided.
Meanwhile, the internal organiza
tion is to be extended to suit the al
teied conditions. The present de
partments of Mechanical, Electrical,
and Civil Engineering are to be sub
divided into separate departments
such as the following: Railway
Mechanical Engineering, Heat Engi
neering, Drawing and Descriptive
Geometry, Mechanics and Materials,
Structural, Sanitarj, and Topo
graphical Engineering, Electro
chemistry, Telephones and Tele
graphs, and Electrical Engineering.
A specialist will be placed in charge
of each department,with the rank of
professor, and will be expected to
give his* time only to the work of his
department.
These plans may not be com
pletely carried out for some years,
but when they are, Pennsylvania will
be able to boasts of an engineering
school whose organization and equip
ment cannot be surpassed.
ollegian.
Price Five Cents.
Baseball Squad Cut Down
The varsity baseball squad has
now been reduced to twenty-six
candidates, and indoor practice work
is expected to move along rapidly
for the next month. The regular
afternoons for varsity practice work
will be Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday from 1:30 to 4 o’clock, al
though the coaches may also give
individual instructions on other after
noons or evenings. The final varsity
team will probably be selected from
among this present squad of play
ers, all the other candidates having
been well looked over by the
coaches; although in case any new
men display sufficient ability after
outside practice begins they will get
a trial. Here is the present varsity
squad:—Mason ’O7, Cree ’OB,
Mitinger ’lO, Conklin ’O7, Staud
'O7, Ryan ’OB, Ferguson’oB, Skemp
’O9, Reiter ’O9, Thomas 'O9, Bole
’O9, McCleary, ’lO, Larry Vorhis
’lO, Jacobs ’lO, Leidich ’lO, Foster
’ 10, Sullivan ’ 10; sub-freshman and
specials, Bob Vorhis, Coulson,
Lynch, Bray, Crutchley, Hollister,
and Glenn. The captain of the re
serves will soon be appointed and
some regular infield line-ups held in
the Armory in order to practice
varsity signals and team work.
Bowling,
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Kappa Sigma
Sigma Chi
Kappa Sigma
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Kappa Sigma
Beta Theta Pi
Kappa Sigma
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