SPECIAL COURSE IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING.
In recognition of the growing interest in Good Roads in Virginia
and the immense social and economic importance of the construction of
such roads in all parts of the commonwealth, the Faculty of the Department
of Engineering has rearranged the courses of instruction in this topic
and brought them together into the Winter Term, so as to form a Special
Course in Highway Engineering.
To render this work accessible to as many young Virginians as possible,
the University offers a limited number of free scholarships to adequately
prepared students, citizens of Virginia, who shall be nominated
by the Boards of Supervisors of their respective counties. Such students
pay only a $5 fee for the use of field instruments and laboratory equipment.
To others the fee for this special course is $50. The following
summary gives the content of the course:
Lecture-Courses.
| 703. |
Roads and Streets. [Newcomb.] |
9, Th. F. S. |
| 700. |
Plane Surveying. [Newcomb.] |
11, T. Th. S. |
| 605. |
Structural Design. [Thornton.] |
11, M. W. F. |
| —. |
Public lectures by visiting experts. |
—— |
Practice-Courses.
753. Road Materials Laboratory. [Newcomb, Edgar and Assistants.]
750. Field Surveying. [Newcomb and Assistants.]
652. Topographical Drawing. [Hancock and Assistants.]
12-2, M. W. F.
655. Structural Drawing. [Thornton and Assistants.]
12-2, T. Th. S.
Equipment.
Apparatus for testing non-bituminous road materials (page 245).
Apparatus for testing bituminous road materials (page 246).
Field instruments: transits, levels, plane tables and so on (page 245).
Drafting rooms: desks and instruments (page 243).
Full details are given in the sections of this catalogue indicated by
page and number as above.
Applications for scholarships, accompanied by the required credentials,
should be addressed to the Dean of the Department of Engineering.
