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COLLEGE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. 277
GEORGE W. RAFTER, Rochester, N. Y., Consulting Hydraulic
Engineer, etc. : "
Stream Flow in Relation to Forests."
DAVID MOLITOR, U. S. Assistant Engineer on River and Harbor
Improvements : "
The Present Status of Engineering Knowledge
respecting Masonry Construction."
EDWIN DURYEA, C.E., Brooklyn, N. Y. : "
Qualities and Habits
of Work Necessary to attain Success in Civil Engineering."
GENERAL PLAN OF STUDIES.
The courses of preparatory and professional studies have been
planned with a view to laying a substantial foundation for the general
and technical knowledge needed by practitioners in civil engineering ;
so that our graduates, guided by their theoretical education and as
much of engineering practice as can be taught in schools, may develop
into useful investigators and constructors.
The facilities for instruction and for advanced investigations are be
lieved to be thorough and efficient. Laboratory work is required of
the students in chemistry, mineralogy, geology, physics, and civil en
gineering ; for which purpose in addition to the special library and
laboratories of the College, all the libraries, collections, and labora
tories of the University are open to the students of this college.
The work of the undargraduate student is based upon an extended
course upon the mechanics, and the graphics and economics of engi
neering. The object aimed at is to give as thorough a preparation as
possible for the general purposes of the profession in the following
subjects : the survey, location, and construction of railroads, canals,
and water works ; the construction of foundations in water and on
land, and of superstructures and tunnels ; the survey, improvements,
and defenses of coasts, and the regulation of rivers, harbors and lakes ;
the astronomical determination of geographical coordinates for
geodetic and other purposes ; the application of mechanics, graphical
statics, and descriptive geometry to the construction of the various
kinds of right and oblique arches, bridges, roofs, trusses, suspension
and cantilever bridges ; the drainage of districts, sewering of towns,
and the of relaiming lands ; the design, construction, application and
tests of wind and hydraulic motors, air, electrical and heat engines,
and pneumatic works ; the preparation of detail drawings, of plans
and specifications, and the proper inspection, selection, and test of
the materials used in construction. A course of lectures is given in
engineering and mining economy, finance and jurisprudence. The
latter subject deals in an elementary manner only, with the questions