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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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The Colleges and Schools 207 tions in Illinois. Much work of importance to the mine operators and miners of the State has been accomplished under this co-operative scheme. The University has continued to maintain this co-operative work under the new arrangement of financial administration. In 1913 the Legislature appropriated the sum of $30,000.00 for two years to establish and maintain Miners' and Mechanics' Institutes which were placed under the direction of the Department of Mining Engineering. The purpose of the Miners' and Mechanics' Institutes was somewhat similar to that of the Farmers' Institutes, but their specific purpose was to assist men who are preparing themselves to pass the tests required by the State before they can hold official positions about the mines. A short course in Highway Engineering was given for the first time from January 19 to 31, 1914, and this has become an annual event. The course was placed under the immediate supervision of the Department of Civil Engineering. It was planned primarily to aid the newly appointed County Superintendents of Highways in preparing for their duties, and to help any other persons interested in highway construction. It is especially significant that of the 66 county superintendents of highways provided for in the 1913 law, no less than 63 appeared at the first session and remained thruout the entire course. THE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION The Engineering Experiment Station was established by action of the Board of Trustees on December 8, 1903, in connection with the College of Engineering. The purpose of the Station is to carry on investigations along various lines of engineering, and to make studies of problems of importance to professional engineers and to the manufacturing, mining, railway and other industrial interests of the State. The first bulletin issued by the Station bears the date of September 1, 1904. There was, however, no Station organization until Professor L. P. Breckenridgc was appointed Director of the Engineering Experiment Station on June 2, 1905. During the period which has since elapsed one hundred fifteen bulletins have been pub-
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