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PROGRAM OF THE OPEN HOUSE OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

The College of Engineering provides instruction in twelve fouryear curriculums in the following branches of engineering. Architecture Mining Engineering Architectural Engineering Municipal and Sanitary Engineering Ceramic Engineering General Engineering Physics Civil Engineering Railway Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Railway Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Railway Mechanical Engineering Besides its work of instruction, the College conducts an Engineering Experiment Station the object of which is to stimulate and to elevate engineering education and to investigate problems of special importance to professional engineers and to manufacturing and industrial interests of the State. Fourteen main buildings comprise the engineering group. More than seventeen hundred students are registered in the College. The faculty and scientific staff number 120. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS The program is arranged in the order of the itinerary. A map showing the itinerary may be found at the center of the program. Special attention is called to the fact that the exhibits noted in this program represent a small part, only, of the equipment of the College. I. Engineering Hall

Used mainly for the administrative offices of the College, the Experiment Station, class rooms, drafting rooms, and libraries. Important work of the College is carried on in the Engineering Library (first floor) and in the Ricker Library of Architecture (fourth floor).