PHYSICAL PLANT FOR ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION
DRAFTING ROOMS
At present there are available three drafting rooms, one containing 78
individual tables, for the use of first-year students, and two containing 15
individual tables each, for upper classmen. The tables are of special design,
with individual drawers for each student, and can adequately hold all of the
student's equipment. All tables are provided with padlock hasps, and students
are required to furnish their own padlocks, which must be of a type
approved by the Department. The tables for upper classmen are provided
with parallel rules, for which the student must supply a cord at a nominal
fee.
Careful attention is given to the training of students in freehand lettering,
in the use of standard instruments and special equipment, in engineering
drawing expression and convention, and in the use of such media as
pencil and ink on drawing paper, and tracing paper and cloth. A photostat
machine, and a vertical blue-printing machine comprise a portion of the
auxiliary equipment of the Department, and some time is devoted to reproduction
of drawings.
Technical ability and dexterity is required to the extent of preparing men
for positions in industry, but the graphical method is taught and used
primarily as an indispensable instrument of communication and research, the
mastery of which is essential for the instructed Engineer.
