Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - Pictorial Guide to College of Engineering (1919) [PAGE 3]

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the several pursuits and professions of life." The establishment of these state institutions under federal aid marked the beginning of a really effective effort to train men for the practice of engineering. From its beginning, the University of Illinois provided instruction in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and architectural construction. Because of the increasing knowledge of pure and applied science and of the greater demands for men having highly specialized training, the work of the College of Engineering has been gradually extended and strengthened until now it includes twelve four-year curriculum's, each of which leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science. These are in architecture, architectural engineering, ceramic engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mining engineering, municipal and sanitary engineering, general engineering physics, railway civil engineering, railway electrical engineering and railway mechanical engineering. As now organized, the College includes ten departments, as follows: THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE T H E Department of Architecture offers two curriculums, one in architecture and the other in architectural engineering. The former deals principally with the questions of artistic design and the latter with those of technical design involving safe construction and the mechanical equipment of buildings and engineering structures. Instruction is given in free-hand drawing and water-color work; in architectural design and decoration; in the preparation of working drawings; in the design of structures and buildings, including those of stone, concrete and steel; in plumbing, heating and ventilation, and in the general equipment of buildings. The department has a large collection of casts from famous statuary and from historic buildings, together with an

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unusual collection of lantern slides illustrating the history of the architecture of all nations. The Ricker Library of Architecture, located in and operated by the department, contains one of the best collections of books on architecture and related subjects to be found in America.

THE DEPARTMENT OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING

engineering is concerned with the technology of the industries engaged in the manufacture of clay, glass, cement, lime, gypsum, enameled ware and related products. The technical instruction given in the department includes studies of the chemical and physical properties of clay and all other ceramic materials, and of their manufacture and use. It deals also with the design, construction and operation of plants for the manufacture of ceramic products. The department is located in a new building containing unusually well equipped laboratories and other facilities for instruction and research. The Kiln House contains a variety of clay working machinery and several types of coal, gas and oil fired kilns.

CERAMIC

THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING THE curriculum in civil engineering affords specialized training in the construction and maintenance of highways, in irrigation, drainage and the reclamation of land, and gives general consideration to hydro-economics. It emphasizes structural engineering, including the theory, design and construction of masonry, reinforced concrete and steel bridges, viaducts, buildings and other structures. The department embraces Cement and Highway Laboratories which afford opportunities for the study of the various materials employed in the construction of roads and pavements. I t maintains a large equipment of surveying and other instruments essential to the profession.

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