CAMPUS Schools of Mines and Metallurgy. Since this is the closing year of its present administration a retrospect of the work in the School of Mines and Metallurgy during the past six years may not be inappropriate. In June 1906 this School was ad vanced from the rank of a De partment into an independent Since then it has published and com menced to put in operation one of the broadest, highest, and most ex tensive courses in any school or department of mines in the world. The course is divided into six op tions all having their required work and their elective subjects. Each op tion with its electives requires of its students, commencing with the pre sent freshman class, 23 periods for each semester, or in all,including the Summer Schools, 193 periods for graduation_ against the 169 periods usually required. Thus the course in the School of Mines demands 24 periods or over one semester' more work of its students for graduation than do the other courses in this college. THE STATE COLLEGIAN The options now offered are I. Mining Engineering; 11. Mining; 111. Engineering Geology; IV. Mining Geology; V. Metallurgical Engineer ing, and VI. Metallurgy and Assay ing. It is proposed later to add to these options VII. Electro-Metal lurgy (a distinct field from Electi o- Chemistry or Electro Chemical En gineering;) VIII. Ceramic Engineer ing; IX. Ceme it Engineering, and X. Ceramics. including Cement Work and Glass Making. A new departure has been made in the matter of practical education by allowing men to elect mining, or metallurgical, or geological work with some comany during the sum mer vacations. The student who does this is required to write a thesis giving an account of his work and to pass a written or oral examination upon it. He is then allowed to sub stitute this work for some of his semester elective studies. This en ables a student of good mental ability and strong physique not only to ob tain, while in the School, useful practical knowledge, but also to graduate in three years, thus solving in a simple way some of the import ant problems confronting many of the educational schools today. The two years' short course of fers by means of its electives, as great a variety of options as does the four year course. Further, ar rangements have been made to re ceive men of practical experience in mining and allied work. and allow them to take here whatever work they are prepared for. This opens the doors for advancement and a higher life for men to whom these privileges are usually denied by the colleges. Owing to limited space some statistics will show the real progress during the past six years better than many words. It( ARCADE jiBaR AN ow ci.t, 'CO SHRUNK QUARTER SIZE COLLAR 16 CENTS EACH; 2 FOR 26 CENTS MEI% PEABODY 8 CO.. RAMIS OF CLUFIT SHIRTS Skating Rink clWatch this space for announcement of opening of rink and attractions Knisely Brothers
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