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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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206 SLvtccn Years at the University of Illinois school wero suspended because the leading members of its faculty were called away for war service, "• The Department of Mining Engineering was established on Jane 8, 1909, by an act of the Legislature in response to a demand for instruction in this subject on the part of the mining interests of the state* Prior to the organization of this Department a limited amount of instruction in mining engineering had been given. The Department has shown much progress in the various lines of work under its direction. During the period under consideration, two departments of engineering, namely. Chemical Engineering and Ceramic En* gineeiing, were established in the College of Science, and a quasiengineering department known as the Department of Farm [Mechanics was established in the College of Agriculture. The Department of Ceramic Engineering was transferred to the College of Engineering in 1915. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE OP ENGINEERING During recent years the College of Engineering has administered certain special or extra activities of importance to the State. As a result of the Cherry Mine disaster, there was established at a special session of the Legislature during the winter of 1910 a Mine Rescue Service in Illinois under the control of the Mine Rescue Commission, consisting of two mine operators, two miners, one mine inspector, one representative of the United States Bureau of Mines and one representative of the Mining Engineering Department of the University of Illinois. The University may justly claim much of the credit for the establishment of this service, as it was the direct outgrowth of the pioneer work of the Urbana Rescue Station. On July 1, 1911, an appropriation of $10,000.00 for two years, made by the Legislature for co-operative investigations in mining, became available. Under the arrangements entered into, the United States Bureau of Mines, the State Geological Survey and the Department of Mining Engineering of the University have co-operated in the investigation of mining condiUJniv. of 111., Annual Register, 1917-18, p. 50
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