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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING.

Edwin Anderson Alderman, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.

President.

William Mynn Thornton, B.A., LL.D.

Dean.

                                             

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FRANCIS HENRY SMITH, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D.  Emeritus Professor of Natural Philosophy 
WILLIAM MYNN THORNTON, B.A., LL.D.  Professor of Applied Mathematics 
FRANCIS PERRY DUNNINGTON, B.S., C.E., E.M.  Professor of Analytical and Industrial Chemistry (retired
WILLIAM HOLDING ECHOLS, B.S., C.E.  Professor of Mathematics 
JAMES MORRIS PAGE, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D.  Professor of Mathematics 
THOMAS LEONARD WATSON, M.S., Ph.D.  Corcoran Professor of Geology 
ROBERT MONTGOMERY BIRD, B.A., B.S., Ph.D.  Professor of Chemistry 
JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E.  Professor of Civil Engineering 
CHARLES HANCOCK, B.S.  Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
LLEWELLYN GRIFFITH HOXTON, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.  Professor of Physics 
WALTER SHELDON RODMAN, S.M.  Professor of Electrical Engineering 
GRAHAM EDGAR, B.S., Ph.D.  Professor of Chemistry 
FISKE KIMBALL, A.B., M.Arch., Ph.D.  Professor of Art and Architecture 
CARROLL MASON SPARROW, B.A., Ph.D.  Professor of Physics 
HERMAN PATRICK JOHNSON, M.A., Ph.M.  Associate Professor of English Literature 
GARDNER LLOYD CARTER, M.A., Ph.D.  Associate Professor of Chemistry 
JOHN JENNINGS LUCK, M.A., Ph.D.  Associate Professor of Mathematics 
TIPTON RAY SNAVELY, M.A., Ph.D.  Associate Professor of Economics 
ALBERT JULIUS BARLOW, A.B., B.B.A., C.P.A.  Associate Professor of Business Administration 
[1] JOHN HOWE YOE, M.S., M.A.  Assistant Professor of Chemistry 
EDWARD WATTS SAUNDERS, JR., C.E.  Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics 
JAMES SHANNON MILLER, JR., B.S., B.A., E.E.  Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering 
JOHN TIPTON LONSDALE, B.A., M.S.  Assistant Professor of Geology 
STANISLAW JOHN MAKIELSKI  Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture 
ROBERT NORTON PEASE, B.S., Ph.D.  Assistant Professor of Chemistry 
FREDERICK LYONS BROWN, M.A., Ph.D.  Assistant Professor of Physics 
WILLIAM ORR SWAN, M.S., Ph.D.  Acting Assistant Professor of Chemistry 

INSTRUCTORS.

                             
Charles Spurgeon Black, M.A.  Chemistry 
Claude Watson Bruce, B.A.  Physics 
Preston Banks Carwile, B.A.  Physics 
Carroll Wardlaw Griffin, B.S. (Teaching Fellow)  Chemistry 
Joseph Andrew Kater, E.E.  Physics 
John Albert Morrow, M.A. (Teaching Fellow)  Chemistry 
Ernest Carson Ross, M.A.  English Literature 
William Hilliard Schuyler, B.S. (DuPont Fellow)  Chemistry 
Henry Edwin Shiver, B.S. (Teaching Fellow)  Chemistry 
Leland A. Stewart, B.S. (Teaching Fellow)  Chemistry 
William Thomas Straley, B.A., E.E.  Mathematics 
Gilbert Ivo Thurmond, M.A. (Teaching Fellow)  Chemistry 
Louis Francis Voorhees, B. Arch., M.S.  Architecture 
Fontaine Allen Wells, B.S.  Mathematics 
Kenneth Sewell Wingfield, E.E., M.E.  Electrical and Experimental Engineering 

ASSISTANTS.

                                     

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Joseph Russell Branham, B.S.  Chemistry 
Solomon Brown  Chemistry 
William Sliney Bruner  Chemistry 
John Whitworth Calcott  Shop-work 
George William Cassell  Chemistry 
Moritz Anton Cohen  Drawing 
Edward Beatty Cox  Chemistry 
Thomas Finley Debnam  Cost Accounting 
Albert Benjamin Duncan  Chemistry 
Gessner Harrison Echols  Mathematics 
Leroy Craun Harman  Chemistry, Field-work and Geology 
Welford Capers Harrison  Shop-work 
Frederick Arnold Hoeke  Applied Mathematics and Field-work 
Edward Franklin Hubbard  Chemistry 
George Israel Lavin  Chemistry 
Randolph Winsborough McGahey  Chemistry 
James Calvin Mallory  Shop-work 
Harry Carlyle Monroe  Applied Mathematics 
Timothy Henry Murphy  Physics 
Benton Brooks Owen, Ch.E.  Mathematics 
Newton Jeffress Painter  Drawing and Mathematics 
Raymond Brandenburg Purdum  Chemistry 
Isaac Jay Quesenberry, M.A.  English Literature 
Julian Meade Ruffin, M.A.  Mathematics 
Albert William Shelhorse  Drawing 
Edmund Addison Smith  Field-work 
William Thomas Smith  Chemistry 
George Talmadge Starnes, M.A.  Economics 
John Dunham Stewart  Chemistry 
Marvin Allen Turpin  Chemistry 
Paul Latimer Weir  Drawing 
Harry Lively White, Jr.  Applied Mathematics and Field-work 
Thomas Leigh Williams  Field-work 

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

For admission to the Freshman Class in the Department of Engineering
the candidate must be at least sixteen years old. He must present a certificate
of honorable withdrawal from the school last attended, or other valid proof
of general good character. He must further satisfy the Dean of the University
as to his adequate preparation for the work by passing the Entrance
Examinations specified below or by the presentation of equivalent certificates
of preparation signed by the president of a recognized institution of collegiate
rank, or by the principal of an accredited high school. The topics required
for entrance and their values in units are as follows, the unit being one year's
work on the subject in an accredited high school:

                     
English A.—Grammar and Grammatical Analysis 
English B.—Composition and Rhetoric 
English C.—Critical Study of Specimens of Literature 
Mathematics A1.—Algebra to Quadratics 
Mathematics A2.—Quadratics, Progressions, Binomial Formula 
Mathematics B.—Plane Geometry 
Mathematics C.—Solid Geometry  ½ 
Mathematics D.—Plane Trigonometry  ½ 
History.—Ancient; Mediæval; English; American (any one) 
Electives 
Total  15 

High school students who expect to study Engineering are advised to
include among their electives one Modern Language, Chemistry or Physics,
and Mechanical Drawing, and Shop-work. Other electives which may be
profitably offered are History of English and American Literature, History,
Latin, Greek, Botany, Zoölogy, Physical Geography.

A candidate may be admitted as a Conditioned Student in spite of some
deficiencies, provided these are not such as will impair the integrity of his


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work. But no such candidate will be conditioned except upon subjects
actually taught in this university, nor will any candidate be conditioned on
more than two units; and all conditions must be absolved before the beginning
of the next session after initial registration. Courses taken for the
removal of entrance conditions may in no case be counted as part of the
work credited for any degree. No conditions will be allowed in English A
or B or in Mathematics A1, A2, or B.

A candidate may be admitted as a Special Student without formal examination,
provided he is more than twenty years old if a Virginian and not
less than twenty-three years old if a non-Virginian, and gives evidence of
serious purpose and of fitness to pursue with profit the courses for which he
is registered. No special student may be a candidate for any degree. No
conditioned student may register later as a special student.

ADMISSION OF WOMEN.

Women may be admitted only as regular students in the Department of
Engineering provided they have completed at least two years of standard
college work before entrance, and are at least twenty years old.

ADVANCED STANDING.

Under the elective system of the University of Virginia, a student who
has completed courses of college or university grade in other institutions of
learning on mathematical or scientific subjects may be excused from attendance
upon these courses by the Dean, with the advice and consent of
the professors in charge, and will then be registered for the more advanced
work.

In order to secure College Credit upon such courses toward a degree in
Engineering from this University, the applicant must show—

1. That the courses offered are coextensive with the corresponding
courses as given in the University of Virginia.

2. That his grades on them were not below the seventy-five per cent.
pass-mark of this University.

Such credits may be granted by the faculty upon the recommendation
of the Dean and the professors in charge; but are automatically revoked by
the failure of the student to pass in the more advanced courses in the related
topics.

The same rules apply to Credits on Summer School Courses; except
that for courses in the Summer School of this University the examination
questions must be prepared by the professor in charge of the regular course,
and the answers must be read and graded by him.

Students, suspended from other universities, are not granted college credit
on courses previously passed, except upon the explicit recommendation of
the suspending university, and after such additional tests as this Engineering
Faculty may impose.

Credits on Practice-Courses in Drawing, Shop-work, or Field-work may


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be granted to applicants who have gained in professional practice the training
which these courses represent. Such applicants must file with the Dean
proper certificates from the official under whom the work was done and
must in every case pass an additional practical test on the subjects for which
credit is desired. College credit is not granted for high-school work.

PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

The candidate who has satisfied the requirements for entrance as above
defined is matriculated as a student of Engineering and admitted to the Freshman
Class. The studies of this class comprise lecture courses in English,
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Chemistry with associated laboratory
courses in Chemistry, Drawing, Shop-work and Field-work.

For advancement to the Sophomore Class the student must have completed
at least two-thirds of his Freshman work. Upon entering this class
he elects his specialty. The courses thereafter diverge according as the student
is an applicant for a degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or
Mining Engineering. Programs of study for each degree are given below.

The courses are so ordered that the specified entrance requirements are
adequate for the work of the Freshman Year. Each succeeding year presupposes
the completion of the work for all the foregoing years. Students
are advised to adhere strictly to the regular programs.
The arrangements specified
in them have been carefully planned and are the best. Departures from
the curriculum will in almost every case produce conflicts in lecture hours or
laboratory periods and may cost the student a year's time. Haphazard election
is discouraged and in extreme cases will be prohibited. No student will
be registered for a course unless, in the opinion both of the Dean and of the
professor, his preliminary training has fitted him for the profitable pursuit
of that course.

Students are especially advised against the attempt to crowd too many
studies into their scheme of work, and are warned that admission to advanced
courses will be granted only to those who have adequate mathematical and
scientific training to profit by them. Men overloaded with work, too great
in volume or in difficulty for their powers, suffer inevitable discouragement
and incur almost certain failure.

Changes of classes with transfer of fees may be made, subject to the approval
of the Dean, within two weeks after the beginning of any term. Thereafter
such changes may be made only by special order of the faculty, and
then without transfer of fees.

Upon the completion of the four years' course as defined in any one of
the Programs of Study, the faculty will award to any student in regular and
honorable standing the appropriate degree of Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer,
Electrical Engineer, Chemical Engineer, or Mining Engineer.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIVE-YEAR CURRICULUM.

In view of the impressive and growing demand from practicing engineers
and industrial leaders that Schools of Engineering should enlarge the field of


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study to embrace more of the humanities and better opportunities for student
research, to the end that graduates may be better fitted to undertake their
duties as engineers and citizens, announcement is here made that the engineering
curriculum of the University of Virginia is to be enlarged from four to
five years.

In the new curriculum courses will be offered in modern languages, history,
government, sociology, philosophy and like studies, and graduate courses
will be developed in the main divisions of engineering instruction.

Under the new curriculum the B.S. degree will be awarded at the end of
four years upon satisfactory completion of the work and the specialized degrees
(C.E., Ch.E., E.E., E.M., and M.E.) at the end of the graduate year.

The entering class of 1923-24 and subsequent classes will be matriculated
under the new program, while students registered before the session of 1923
or with corresponding advanced standing will be permitted to graduate under
the present curriculum, but not later than June, 1926.

The full revised curriculum will be published later but the Freshman
courses will be the same as under the present system.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

The Subjects of Instruction in Engineering are grouped into classes, each
designated by a distinctive number for each term, the lecture and laboratory
courses being likewise differentiated. This grouping follows the arrangement
shown below:

                   
Business Administration  1 to 99 
Mathematics  100 to 199 
Physics  200 to 299 
Chemistry  300 to 399 
Geology and Mining  400 to 499 
Applied Mathematics  500 to 599 
Experimental Engineering  600 to 699 
Civil Engineering including Field-work  700 to 799 
Mechanical Engineering including Shop-work  800 to 899 
Electrical Engineering  900 to 999 

Lecture courses are listed in the first fifty numbers of all classes; laboratory
or practice courses are listed in the second fifty numbers of all classes.
The same numbers are used in schedules of lecture hours, laboratory periods
and examination days.

The last pages of this announcement are devoted to a description of the
courses in Art and Architecture now offered. There will be found the requirements
for admission, the statement of requirements for a degree in
Architecture and description of equipment available for instruction in the
McIntire School of Fine Arts.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

1-2-3. English Literature. [Johnson.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

First and second terms: Advanced composition with parallel reading,


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with particular attention to Description, Exposition, and Argument. Third
term: Survey of English literature with composition and parallel reading,
with particular attention to scientific writings. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

10-11-12. Economics. [Snavely.]

9:30-10:30, M. W. F.

First and second terms: Survey of the principles of economics. Third
term: The bearing of these principles upon present American conditions.
Instruction will be given by lectures, assigned readings, reports, and discussions.
(Fall, Winter, Spring.) A course in a modern language may be
elected in place of this course, provided the language course is of more advanced
character than a beginner's course.

20. Cost Accounting. [Barlow.]

9:30-10:30, M. W. F.

Lectures, readings, and practice work in the principles of cost keeping
appropriate to manufacturing and mining enterprises. Attention will be
given to the establishment of standards of performance and of cost, and the
relation of these standards to the accounting records will be emphasized. A
brief study will also be made of operating records for the use of foremen,
superintendents, and executives. (Fall.)

25. Contracts and Specifications. [Newcomb.]

9:30-10:30, M. W. F.

This course will concern itself with a brief consideration of the business
law essential for Engineers followed by a discussion of the personal and
ethical relations of the Engineer to his employer, the contractor and the
public. General consideration will be given to contracts and specifications
followed by a study of selected examples. The course will conclude with a
more detailed study of specifications for fundamental processes, machinery
and apparatus. The students will be required to prepare and submit for
class-room discussion specifications on subjects of their specialized studies.
(Winter.)

30. Engineering Economics. [Rodman.]

9:30-10:30, M. W. F.

Lectures and parallel reading on the economic considerations involved
in engineering problems. Special emphasis is placed upon the general problems
of economic selection of methods, machinery and apparatus in the
several engineering fields. Questions of first cost, depreciation, rates for
service, etc., will be treated. (Spring.)

MATHEMATICS.

100. Trigonometry. [Luck and Instructors.]

9:30-10:30, T. Th. S.

A complete course in plane trigonometry is pursued with constant drill
in the solution or problems, and exercises in the use of logarithms. (Fall.)

106. Analytical Geometry and College Algebra. [Luck and Instructors.]

9:30-10:30, T. Th. S.

In this course Cartesian and polar coördinates are presented and applied
to the study of the straight line and the circle. The related college algebra
topics of determinants, the function notion with especial reference to the
linear function, the graphical representation of equations and of functions
are also considered. (Winter.)


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107. Analytical Geometry and College Algebra. [Luck and Instructors.]

9:30-10:30, T. Th. S.

This course is a continuation of course 106. The conic is studied in its
particular and general forms. Especial attention is given to the solution of
numerous loci problems by the use of Cartesian and polar coördinates. The
study of related college algebra topics is continued. The quadratic function
of one and two variables, the theory of the quadratic equation in particular
and of equations in general are some of the topics considered. (Spring.)

108-109-110. Calculus. [Echols and Saunders.]

11:30-12:30, M. W. F.

A first course in the differential and integral calculus. This includes a
study of series and partial fractions. The principal emphasis is upon the
applications of the subject to geometry, elementary kinematics and mechanical
problems. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

PHYSICS.

200-201-202. Sophomore Physics. [Brown.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

The elements of mechanics, heat, electricity and magnetism, and light.
Instruction is given by lectures, textbooks, recitations, and problems, with
experimental demonstrations. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

250-251-252. Physics Laboratory. [Brown and Assistants.]

8:30-10:30, M. W. F. and 2:30-5:30, T. Th.

This course accompanies 200-1-2. Emphasis is laid upon fundamental
principles and the phenomena which underlie engineering problems. Written
reports of laboratory work are required. Problem work and oral recitations
on Friday. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

208. Thermodynamics. [Hoxton.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

A study of the basic laws with such applications to the properties of
gases and vapors and to thermodynamics appliances as are sufficient for the
purposes of illustration. A number of problems are solved. (Fall.)

259. Electrical Laboratory. [Hoxton and Brown.]

2:30-5:30, Th.

This course deals particularly with the more precise electrical measurements
and the manipulation of instruments of precision used in the higher
grade of electrical testing and standardization. (Spring.)

CHEMISTRY.

300-301-302. General Chemistry. [Carter and Assistants.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

350-351-352. Chemistry Laboratory.

10:30-12:30, T. Th. S.

The fundamental principles and phenomena of inorganic, organic, and
physical chemistry, and the foundations of analytical chemistry. Most of
the time is devoted to inorganic phenomena. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

303-304-305. Physical Chemistry. [Pease.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

353-354-355. Physical Chemistry Laboratory.

10:30-12:30, M. W. F.

Chemistry 300-1-2 and 315-16-17 prerequisite.


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Some knowledge of the calculus is required and previous training in
Physics is desirable. This course treats of such topics as the gas laws,
kinetic theory of gases, the properties of dilute solutions, molecular weights,
mass action, reaction velocities, electrolysis and electromotive force, the
phase rule, etc. Emphasis is placed upon the application of physico-chemical
laws in the solution of chemical problems. The laboratory work consists
of a course in physico-chemical measurements. Lecture and Recitation
3 hours per week, 6 hours laboratory. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

309-310-311. Organic Chemistry. [Bird and Assistants.]

11:30-12:30, T. Th. S.

359-360-361. Organic Chemistry Laboratory.

2:30-5:30, T. Th.

Chemistry 300-1-2 prerequisite.

An introduction to the study of the compounds of carbon, including the
application of modern chemical theory to such compounds and their reactions.
(Fall, Winter, Spring.)

312-313-314. Advanced Organic Chemistry. [Bird.]

2:30-3:30, M. W. F.

362-363-364. Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory.

9 hours per week.

Chemistry 309-10-11 and 303-4-5 prerequisite.

The lectures deal with selected topics in organic chemistry. Reading from
the scientific journals, advanced texts, and the history of Chemistry will be
assigned. The laboratory work involves a study of typical problems, designed
to teach methods of investigation which are widely applicable. (Fall, Winter,
Spring.)

315-316-317. Qualitative Analysis. [Swan and Assistants.]

8:30-9:30, T. Th. S.

365-366-367. Qualitative Analysis Laboratory.

2:30-5:30, T. Th.

Chemistry 300-1-2 prerequisite.

Fall and Winter terms, 3 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory
work per week, devoted to the study of systematic qualitative analysis.
Spring term, 2 hours of lecture and 9 hours of laboratory work per week,
devoted to elementary quantitative analysis. In the lectures and recitation
work special emphasis is given to the theoretical foundations of analytical
chemistry. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

318-319-320. Quantitative Analysis. [Swan and Assistants.]

Lecture by appointment.

368-369-370. Quantitative Analysis Laboratory.

2:30-5:30, M. W.

Chemistry 315-16-17 prerequisite.

A course in the principles of quantitative analysis. The laboratory work
will include a study of characteristic procedures, illustrating gravimetric and
volumetric analysis. 1 hour of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory work per
week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

321-322-323. Technical Analysis. [Swan.]

Lecture by appointment.

371-372-373. Technical Analysis Laboratory.

Hours by appointment.

Chemistry 318-19-20 prerequisite.


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This course will consist of a study of the application of the principles of
quantitative analysis to technical materials. The work will be selected from
such subjects as Rock, Ore, Steel, Gas, Coal, and Water Analysis. 1 hour
of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory work per week. This course is elective
for Course 386-387-388. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

340-341-342. Applied Chemistry. [Edgar.]

9:30-10:30, T. Th. S.

Chemistry 309-10-11 and 303-4-5 prerequisite.

The lectures and recitations in this course will be devoted to the study
of fundamental principles underlying the more important phases of industrial
chemistry, including both theoretical and economic problems. A considerable
amount of reading in descriptive industrial chemistry will be assigned, and
written reports upon special subjects will be required. Lectures and Recitations
3 hours a week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

386-387-388. Advanced Chemical Laboratory. [Edgar.]

Hours by appointment.

This laboratory course of six hours per week in Fall and Winter and
three hours per week in Spring is designed particularly to fit the students
for research and the work consists largely of special problems assigned individually.
Elective for 321-22-23. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

Advanced Courses: Seminars will be offered in the different branches
of Chemistry to students applying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
The courses will be offered only as occasion demands, and the subjects
treated will vary. These courses will be designated as "D" courses, but
owing to the flexibility which it is desired to secure in the subject matter,
no definite statement of them will be made except that special phases of
Physical, Inorganic, and Analytical chemistry will be treated, including such
subjects as radio-chemistry, the chemistry of the rare elements, colloid and
surface chemistry, etc. Research work looking toward a thesis will accompany
these courses.

The Chemical Journal Club will meet once a week (hour to be arranged)
for the critical review and discussion of various topics of interest in current
chemical literature and of such chemical researches as are in progress in the
University. All members of the teaching staff and advanced students in
chemistry are expected to participate in these meetings and to take part in
the discussions.

Fellowships: The University announces the establishment of five Teaching
Fellowships in Chemistry, each with an honorarium of $500. These
fellowships present the opportunity for graduate study and research in
Chemistry, accompanied by a limited amount of instructional work. Holders
of the fellowships will be expected to devote not more than fifteen hours a
week to instruction, leaving ample time for research and work toward the
graduate degree. The followships are open to men who have received a
bachelor's degree from a college or university of recognized standing, and
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GEOLOGY AND MINING.

400-401-402. Engineering Geology. [Watson and Lonsdale.]

11:30-12:30, M. T. W.

450-451-452. Field and Laboratory.

6 hours a week.

A course of three lectures a week and three hours for private study.
Special emphasis is given to the study of common rock-forming minerals
and rocks, building stones and ores. The divisions of dynamical, structural
and physiographical geology are covered in considerable detail, and the practical
applications of the topics treated to engineering work are pointed out.
(Fall, Winter, Spring.)

403-404-405. Economic Geology. [Watson.]

10:30-11:30, M. T. W.

453-454-455. Field and Laboratory.

6 hours a week.

This course is designed to give a general but comprehensive account of
the origin, nature, distribution and uses of the metallic and non-metallic
products of the earth with especial reference to those of the United States.
Lectures and collateral reading six hours a week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

406-407-408. Petrography. [Watson and Assistant.]

12:30-1:30, M. T. W.

456-457-458. Laboratory.

6 hours a week.

This course aims to give a full knowledge of the determination of the
common rock-forming minerals and rocks in thin sections under the microscope.
It includes discussion of the microscopic structure, mineralogical
composition, genetic relations, and distribution of igneous, sedimentary, and
metamorphic rocks. Lectures and preparation to the amount of six hours
per week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

420-421-422. Mining. [Thornton.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Mine surveying, exploitation of mines, mining machinery and the uses of
electricity in mining. (Fall, Winter, Spring.) This course is for seniors
and requires completion of all preliminary studies.

APPLIED MATHEMATICS.

521. Plane Surveying. [Saunders and Assistants.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Theory, uses, and adjustments of compass, level,
transit, and stadia. Special methods of land, city, topographic and mining
surveys. Survey computation and maps. (Fall or Spring.)

571. Field course: Practical use of chain and tape, level, compass,
transit, and stadia. Field notes, records and reports. 6 hours a week.

522. Mechanical Drawing. [Thornton, Saunders and Assistants.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Plane problems, conic sections, graphic algebra. Projections
of prisms and pyramids; of cylinders, cones and spheres; of the
plane sections and intersections of solid bodies. (Fall or Winter.)

572. Practice course: Each week the student executes a finished plate


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15″ × 20″ of exercises in mechanical drawing based on the lectures. 6 hours
a week.

523. Descriptive Geometry. [Thornton, Saunders and Assistants.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Fundamental problems on the point, line, and plane.
Projections, tangencies, and intersections of curved surfaces. Applications to
shades and shadows, problems in mining, and so on. (Winter or Spring.)

573. Practice course: Each student executes a weekly plate 15″ × 20″
of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week.

524. Graphical Statics. [Thornton, Saunders and Assistants.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Graphic composition and resolution of forces; centers
of gravity and moments of inertia; strain sheets for simple types of roof and
bridge trusses; beams under fixed and rolling loads; reservoir dams and retaining
walls; internal stresses and beam deflections. (Fall.)

574. Practice course: Each student executes a weekly plate 15″ × 20″
of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week.

525. Structural Drawing. [Thornton, Saunders and Assistant.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Graphic analysis of steel and timber trusses for roofs
and bridges; of solid beams and plate girder bridges; and of reinforced concrete
slabs, girders, columns, and retaining walls. (Spring.)

575. Practice course: Design and detailed drawings of simple examples
of roofs and bridges, with complete computations for each structure. 6
hours a week.

526. Elementary Mechanics. [Thornton, Saunders and Assistants.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Composition and resolution of forces; friction; problems
in equilibrium; rectilinear motion, circular motion, projectile motion.
(Winter.)

576. Practice course: Solution of weekly problems in mechanics by
graphical and analytical methods. 6 hours a week.

527. Applied Mechanics. [Thornton.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

Review of elementary mechanics; dynamics of a particle; moments of
inertia; revolving bodies; rolling bodies; theory of work and energy; collision
of elastic solids; dynamics of the Steam Engine.

Weekly problems are assigned for solution by graphical and analytical
methods. (Fall.)

528. Strength of Materials. [Thornton.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

Fundamental laws of stress and strain; straining actions and stresses in
ties and struts, beams and shafts, reinforced concrete slabs and girders;
deflections in simple, restrained and continuous girders; columns under axial
and eccentric loads. Laboratory courses 661-2-3. (Winter.)


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529. Hydraulics. [Thornton.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

Equilibrium of fluids, applied to the analysis and design of thin and thick
shells and pipes, dams and weirs: Motion of fluids and discharges from
orifices, weir notches, pipes, canals, and rivers. Principles of linear and
angular momentum with applications to the analysis and design of hydraulic
motors and pumps. Laboratory course, 680. (Spring.)

Laboratory studies in Strength of Materials and Hydraulics are given in
the Classes in Experimental Engineering.

EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING.

Lectures are given to explain the origin and manufacture of materials,
the design and operation of equipment, methods of conducting the tests, and
the calculation of the desired results from the data taken in the laboratory.
The work is done principally in the laboratories where special emphasis is
laid upon (1) a thorough understanding of the problem to be undertaken,
(2) accuracy in carrying out the investigation, (3) the presentation of the
results in a report which must meet the standards of professional practice.

650. Road Materials Testing. [Miller and Assistant.]

6 hours a week.

Samples of stone are tested for specific gravity, absorption, cementing
value, toughness, resistance to abrasion, and compressive strength. Asphalts
and tars are tested for specific gravity, penetration, melting point, volatilization,
viscosity, flash point, fixed carbon. (Spring.)

661. Structural Materials Testing. [Miller and Assistant.]

5 hours a week.

Tests of cement, timber and metals. A course for Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers, similar to 662 and 663 but arranged so as to cover all
of the work in one term. (Winter.)

662. Structural Materials Testing. [Miller and Assistant.]

5 hours a week.

Standard tests of Portland cement; tests of sand; tests of fine and coarse
aggregates; proportioning of concrete; compression tests of concrete; tests
of reinforced concrete beams; construction of forms for concrete. For Civil
Engineers. (Fall.)

663. Structural Materials Testing. [Miller and Assistant.]

5 hours a week.

Continuation of Course 662. Tests of wires; tension, compression and
torsion tests of metals; transverse tests of metals and timber; determination
of the Modulus of Elasticity of metals; autographic testing. For Civil Engineers.
(Winter.)

670. Fuel and Oil Testing. [Miller and Assistant.]

5 hours a week.

Standard methods of sampling coal; proximate analysis of coal; determination
of the heating value of coal by the bomb calorimeter, with a study
of the cooling correction; the heating value of gas by the Junker calorimeter;
determination of specific gravity, flash and boiling points, chill point, viscosity,
carbon residue, and emulsification value of oils. (Fall.)


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680. Hydraulic Testing. [Miller and Assistant.]

5 hours a week.

The measurement of the flow of water by means of orifices and weir
notches; determination of the coefficient of friction for pipe and pipe elbows;
study of a piston water meter; tests of large and small Venturi meters; performance
tests of piston and centrifugal pumps. (Spring.)

690. Power Laboratory. [Miller.]

5 hours a week.

The calibration and adjustment of gauges; calibration of thermometers,
planimeters, pyrometers, and indicators; flue gas analysis; steam quality
tests; valve setting; determination of clearances; tests of steam boilers; tests
of a steam engine. For Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. (Fall.)

691. Power Laboratory. [Miller.]

5 hours a week.

Continuation of Course 690. Complete tests of a gasoline engine; complete
tests of a steam engine; tests of a steam turbine with a study of methods
of correcting to standard conditions. The Power Test Code of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers is used. For Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers. (Winter.)

692. Power Laboratory. [Miller.]

5 hours a week.

Continuation of Course 691. Tests of an air compressor; tests of a
blower; complete tests of a centrifugal pump, and other assigned tests. For
Mechanical Engineers. (Spring.)

CIVIL ENGINEERING.

701. Curves and Earthwork. [Newcomb.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lectures on simple, compound, transition and vertical curves; the form
of excavations and embankments, earthwork surveys, computation of volumes,
formation of embankments, computation of haul, cost of earthwork, blasting.
Practical exercises in map drawing and topography. (Fall.)

702. Railroad Engineering. [Newcomb.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures on reconnoissance and preliminary surveys, office location, field
location; the construction, maintenance and operation of railroads. Special
attention is given to questions of railway economics. (Fall.)

703. Roads; Streets; Street Railways. [Newcomb.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures on the principles of road location; the construction and maintenance
of earth roads, broken stone roads, gravel roads; the pavements for
city streets and sidewalks; the location and construction of street railways.
(Spring.)

705. Bridges. [Newcomb.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lectures on the design and construction of standard types of steel and
timber bridges. (Winter.)

707. Waterworks and Sewers. [Newcomb.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

Lectures on the quality, sources, collection, conveyance, purification, and
distribution of city water supplies; the laws of flow in pipe lines and aqueducts;
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sewage; the disposal of sewage; the construction and maintenance of works.
Practical exercises in the design of pipe lines and sewers. (Spring.)

714. Materials of Construction. [Newcomb.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

A descriptive study of the materials used in engineering structures, together
with their characteristics and proper preparation. Lectures on the
design and construction of foundations for bridges and buildings. (Winter.)

718. Masonry Structures. [Newcomb.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lectures on the theory of reinforced concrete; the design and construction
of selected types of masonry structures. Practical exercises in design,
together with structural drawing. (Spring.)

PRACTICE COURSES.

751. Railroad Surveying. [Saunders and Assistants.]

9 hours a week.

This course supplements 701, Curves and Earthwork. The class is
divided into squads, each squad making complete surveys, maps, profiles,
and estimates for a mile of located line. (Fall.)

755. Bridge Drafting. [Newcomb.]

12 hours a week.

This course accompanies 705, Bridges. Each student is required to make
complete design and detail drawings of one plate girder and one selected
type of bridge truss. (Winter.)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

800. Elementary Steam Engineering. [Hancock.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

A study of methods employed and elementary scientific principles involved
in the production of heat and power from the combustion of fuels.
Lectures, assigned reading, analysis and design of familiar apparatus, and
study of local heating and power installations. (Fall.)

801. Steam Power Plants. [Hancock.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

The economic design and operation of steam power plants. The subject
is treated in lectures with assigned reading. Each student is expected to
produce during the term a design of a plant to satisfy assumed conditions.
(Winter.)

802. Machine Design. [Hancock.]

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

A study of machines including the motion problem, the force problem,
selection of materials, determination of form and size of parts, lubrication,
sketches and specifications, working drawings. Assigned problems in design.
(Spring.)

803. Internal Combustion Engines. [Hancock.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

A study of the thermal problems of internal combustion engines, gas
producers, air compressors and motors and air refrigeration. Weekly exercises
and problems in design. (Winter.)

804. Steam Engines and Steam Turbines. [Hancock.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

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vapor refrigerating machinery. Weekly exercises and problems in design.
(Spring.)

805. Engine Design. [Hancock.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

A study of the mechanical problems involved in the design of machines
discussed in the two previous courses; inertia effects, stresses, strength of
parts, balancing, governing, etc. Weekly exercises and problems. (Spring.)

806. Kinematics of Machines. [Hancock.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

A study of relative motions, volocities and accelerations in machine parts.
Assigned reading of recognized authorities and problems for solution on the
drawing board. (Winter.)

809. Automobile Construction. [Hancock.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

A study of the mechanical design of automobiles. Lectures and assigned
reading of recognized authorities. (Fall.)

855. Engine Design Laboratory. [Hancock.]

6 hours a week.

A drawing course in Engine Design devoted chiefly to valves, valve
gears and governors. (Spring.)

859. Automotive Laboratory. [Hancock and Assistant.]

6 hours a week.

This course supplements 809, and is devoted to general overhauling and
testing. (Fall.)

SHOP-WORK.

Shop Instruction is given for its educational value. The purpose of this
Department is to train engineers, not artisans; and the claims of the shops
are not permitted to infringe on the more vital functions of the laboratories,
the drafting rooms, and the lectures.

Courses 860, 861 are required of all students of engineering; 862-3-4 of
mechanical engineering students only.

860. Wood Shop. [Hancock and Assistants.]

3 hours a week.

Bench exercises in sawing, planing, boring, chiseling, tool sharpening.

Lathe exercises in turning between centers and on a face plate.

Machine-tool exercises in the production of useful articles. (Fall or
Winter or Spring.)

861. Machine Shop. [Hancock and Assistants.]

3 hours a week.

Bench exercises in chipping and filing.

Engine-lathe exercises in turning, boring, and thread cutting.

Machine-tool exercises in drilling, planing, shaping, and milling. (Fall
or Winter or Spring.)

862-863-864. General Shop Work. [Hancock and Assistants.]

6 hours a week.

The building of some simple machine, beginning with the patterns and
ending with an endurance test. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)


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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

900. Elements of Electrical Engineering. [Rodman.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lectures treating fundamental principles of Electrical Engineering; basic
ideas and fundamental units discussed; magnetic circuits and continuous
electric currents treated in detail; electromagnetism carefully studied. Special
attention is given to the physical conceptions involved, and numerous
assigned problems exemplify and broaden the theoretical discussions. 3
hours per week of supervised problem work. (Fall.)

901. Direct Current Machines. [Rodman.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lectures on the theory, construction, characteristics, and operation of
direct current generators and motors and the accessory apparatus required
for the proper management and control of these machines. The principles
of testing such machines are carefully discussed. Problems illustrating the
methods of calculation involved in continuous current circuits and practical
examples from standard engineering practice form an important part of the
work. 3 hours per week of supervised problem work. (Winter.)

902. Periodic Currents. [Rodman.]

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lectures on electrostatic phenomena, variable currents, alternating currents,
and alternating current circuits, both single and polyphase. A careful
study is made of circuits with periodic currents and their characteristics
when resistance, inductive reactance and capacity reactance are present in
their various combinations. Extensive problem work is required to facilitate
the treatment of simple and complex circuits. 3 hours per week of supervised
problem work. (Spring.)

903. Alternating Current Machinery. [Rodman.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

Lectures on the theory, construction, characteristics, and operation of
alternating current generators, synchronous motors, rotary converters, and
transformers. These machines are considered as units and as integral parts
of electrical systems. The principles of testing such apparatus under various
conditions of loading are discussed, and assigned problem work illustrates
the theory and practice. 3 hours per week of supervised problem work.
(Fall.)

904. Alternating Current Machinery. [Rodman.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

This course is a continuation of 903. The lectures treat more particularly
alternating current motors, induction, series and repulsion types, with their
characteristics and control apparatus. Methods of testing are outlined and
graphical methods of calculation and predetermination of operating characteristics
are discussed. Problems taken from engineering practice serve to
broaden and fix the theoretical deductions. 3 hours per week of supervised
problem work. (Winter.)

905. Electric Power Transmission. [Rodman.]

11:30-12:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures on systems of transmission and distribution, with a detailed


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consideration of the electrical characteristics of transmission lines; the electrical
equipment of stations and sub-stations, including generating apparatus,
switchboards, control systems and protective devices; systems of transformation
and the economic considerations which influence the design of the
complete electrical system. (Spring.)

906. Illumination and Photometry. [Rodman.]

11:30-12:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures on light, its physical properties; illuminants and their characteristics;
shades and reflectors; photometry, standards and apparatus; illumination
calculations for point and surface sources; principles of interior,
exterior, decorative, and scenic illumination. Problems illustrating computations
necessary for the consideration of the Illuminating Engineer are
assigned. (Fall.)

907. Electric Traction. [Rodman.]

11:30-12:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures on the various types of electric motors for traction purposes,
controllers and systems of control, brakes, rolling stock, track, train performance,
and electric railway economics. A discussion with problems of
the complete electrification system for electric railways, including generating
apparatus, transmission, sub-stations and equipment, distribution, and utilization
of electrical energy for car propulsion. (Winter.)

910. Direct Current Systems. [Rodman.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures dealing with the fundamentals of electrical circuits and direct
current machinery. Problem work accompanies the lectures. The course is
essentially for the non-electrical engineering students. (Fall.)

911. Alternating Current Systems. [Rodman.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures covering the fundamentals of alternating current circuits and
machinery. Brief expositions of the subjects of electric lighting and power
fundamentals. For non-electrical engineering students. (Winter.)

912. Electrical Equipment. [Rodman.]

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Lectures and computations dealing with the choice, arrangement, and
systems of wiring and control governing the approved methods of installation
of electrical equipment for industrial uses. For non-electrical engineering
students. (Spring.)

915. Alternating Current Machinery. [Rodman.]

12:30-1:30, M. W. F.

This course is a continuation of 903-4. A more detailed study of the
operating characteristics of alternating current machinery is taken up particularly
treating the machines from the standpoint of design. Problems are
solved to clarify the theory. 3 hours of supervised problem work per week.
(Spring.)

LABORATORY COURSES.

950-951-952. Direct Current Laboratory. [Wingfield.]

4 hours a week.

This course supplements 900-1. The laboratory work is devoted to a
study of electrical instruments, their use and manipulation; simple electrical
circuits and study of direct current apparatus and its operation; characteristics
of generators and motors. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)


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953-954-965. Alternating Current Laboratory. [Rodman.]

4 hours a week.

This course supplements 902-3-4-15, dealing with measuring instruments
for alternating current circuits; series and parallel circuits and their characteristics;
polyphase circuits, balanced and unbalanced; and alternating current
generator, motor and transformer characteristics. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)

956. Photometric Laboratory. [Rodman.]

2 hours a week.

This course accompanies 906. Photometric tests are made upon different
types of incandescent lamps. The operating characteristics of incandescent
and arc lamps are studied. Tests of illumination, interior and exterior, are
carried out. Study of photometric standards and devices. (Fall.)

960-961-962. Electrical Laboratory. [Wingfield.]

4 hours a week.

This course supplements 910-11-12. The work of the first term is devoted
to direct current tests; the second term exercises are on alternating
current circuits and machines; the course in the third term is largely concerned
with calculations and drawings for typical industrial equipments of
electrical machines and controls. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)


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STUDENT BRANCHES OF NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES.

There have been established at the University of Virginia Student
Branches of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1912), the
American Society of Civil Engineers (1921) and the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (1922). These societies hold regular meetings for the
discussion of periodical literature and the exposition by resident and visiting
engineers of the present-day problems in Engineering. A valuable feature of
the meetings is the opportunity presented for practice in public speaking and
debate. At stated meetings the Branches hold joint sessions for the discussion
of mutually interesting questions.

TAU BETA PI.

In May, 1921, a chapter of the National Honorary Engineering Fraternity
of Tau Beta Pi was granted and the Alpha of Virginia Chapter of Tau Beta
Pi will henceforth serve to further inspire high scholarship and integrity.
This fraternity is recognized as the leading honorary engineering fraternity
of this country and its chapters have been installed in some forty engineering
schools of the highest standing. The members are selected with care and the
standards maintained are rigid both in respect to scholarship and character.

ENGINEERING JOURNAL.

During the session of 1920-21 the University of Virginia Journal of
Engineering was first issued. The Journal is published by the Students of
Applied Science and is issued ten times yearly. Contributions are made by
students, instructors and alumni and the Journal gives to the students especially
an opportunity to take part in an activity of interest and value while
providing a medium in which may be published results of individual experience
and research.

ENGINEERING STUDENTS' READING CLUB.

A gift to the Department of Engineering from Messrs. Arthur P. Jones,
William Barham Jones (B.A. 1907) and Major Kenneth S. Jones (B.A.,
LL.B., C.E. 1915, Major U. S. A., Engineer Corps) in memory of their
father, the late Walter H. Jones of Norfolk, Va., and of his deep interest in
the University of Virginia, in the form of an endowment fund has made it
possible to provide a considerable number of professional periodicals representing
the various engineering activities. To promote the regular use of
these periodicals an Engineering Students' Reading Club has been formed
to which all engineering students are eligible and this club is expected to
foster proper use of the periodicals to the end that the maximum of value
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SCHEDULE.

                                                                                         
Classes  [2]   Lec.  Lab.  Topics 
S.  M.  T. 
H.  W.  Th. 
Cr.  F.  S. 
Freshman  Math. (100-6-7)  9:30-10:30  Trig.—Anal. Geom. and College Algebra 
Ap. Math. (521-2-3)  10:30-11:30  8:30-10:30 M. W. F.  Surveying—Drawing—Descriptive Geom. 
Gen. Chem. (300-1-2)  12:30-1:30  10:30-12:30 T. Th. S.  Rhetoric—Composition—Literature 
English (1-2-3)  12:30-1:30  General Chemistry 
Shop-work (860-1)  3 h. a. w.  Woodshop—Machineshop 
Field-work (571)  6 h. a. w.  Field Surveys—Computations—Maps 
Sophomore  Math. (108-9-10)  11:30-12:30  Calculus 
Ap. Math. (524-6-5)  12:30-1:30  8:30-10:30 T. Th. S.  Graph. Statics—Elem. Machs.—Struc'l Drawing 
Physics (200-1-2)  10:30-11:30  8:30-10:30 M. W. F. or  General Physics 
Civil Engrg. (702-14-3)  12:30-1:30  2:30-5:30 T. Th.  Railways—Materials—Highways 
Mech. Engrg. (800-1-2)  12:30-1:30  Steam Engs.—Power Plants—Mach. Design 
Qual. Analysis (315-16-17)  8:30-9:30  2:30-5:30 T. Th.  Qualitative and Elem. Quantitative Anal. 
Exp. Engrg. (650)  6 h. a. w.  Road Materials (Stones—Asphalts—Tars) 
Junior  Ap. Math. (527-8-9)  12:30-1:30  Ap. Mechs.—Strength of Mats.—Hydraulics 
Economics (10-11-12)  9:30-10:30  Principles of Economics—Applications 
Elec. Engrg. (900-1-2)  6½  10:30-11:30  7 h. a. w.  Elec. and Mag.—D. C. Mach'y—Periodic Cur. 
Quan. Analysis (318-19-20)  7 h. a. w.  Quantitative Analysis 
Organic Chem. (309-10-11)  11:30-12:30  2:30-5:30 T. Th.  Organic Chemistry 
Civil Engrg. (701-5-18)  10:30-11:30  Curves and Earthwork—Bridges—Masonry 
Engrg. Geol. (400-1-2) (M. T. W.)  11:30-12:30  6 h. a. w.  Geology with special engineering applications 
Mech. Engrg. (208-803-4)  10:30-11:30  Thermodynamics—Gas Eng.—Engs.—Turbines 
Exp. Engrg. (670-61-80)  5 h. a. w.  Fuels and Lubricants—Materials—Hydraulics 
Exp. Engrg. (662-63)  5 h. a. w.  Materials Testing 
Field-work (751)  1½  9 h. a. w.  Surveys—Maps—Profiles—Estimates 
Bridge Drafting (755)  12 h. a. w.  Bridge Design—Detail Drawing 
Shop-work (862-3-4)  6 h. a. w.  General Shopwork 
Senior  Bus. Administration (20-25-30)  9:30-10:30  Acc'ting—Contracts—Specifications—Engrg. Econ. 
Civil Engrg. (707)  12:30-1:30  Waterworks—Sewers—Design 
Mech. Engrg. (809-6-5)  10:30-11:30  6 h. a. w. (Fall & Spring)  Automobile—Kinematics—Engine Design 
Elec. Engrg. (903-4-15)  6½  12:30-1:30  7 h. a. w.  A. C. Machinery 
Elec. Engrg. (906-7-5)  11:30-12:30  2 h. a. w. (Fall)  Illumination—Traction—Power Trans. 
Elec. Engrg. (910-11-12)  10:30-11:30  4 h. a. w.  D. C. Systems—A. C. Systems—Equipment 
Physical Chem. (303-4-5)  12:30-1:30  10:30-12:30 M. W. F.  Physical Chemistry 
Technical Analysis (321-22-23)  7 h. a. w.  Technical Quantitative Analysis 
Applied Chem. (340-1-2)  9:30-10:30  Chemistry applied to industries 
Mining (420-1-2)  10:30-11:30  Mine Surveys—Coal Mining—Metal Mining 
Econ. Geol. (403-4-5) (M. T. W.)  10:30-11:30  6 h. a. w.  Special study of American geologic resources 
Petrography (406-7-8) (M. T. W.)  12:30-1:30  6 h. a. w.  Study of rock-forming minerals and rocks 
Exp. Engrg. (690-1-2)  5 h. a. w.  Power plant, engine and turbine tests 
Elec. Lab. (259)  ½  3 h. a. w.  Precision electrical measurements 
Chem. Lab. (386-7-8)  6 h. a. w.  Special chemical problems 
 
[2]

Session-hours credit.


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ENGINEERING CURRICULUM.

                                                                                             
Freshman 
English 1-2-3  [3] Chem. Lab. 350-1-2 
Math. 100-6-7  [3] Field Work 571 
Chem. 300-1-2  [3] Drawing 572-3 
Applied Math. 521-2-3  [3] Shop Work 860-1 
L. F. $50 
Sophomore  Junior  Senior 
Civil  Calculus 108-9-10  Modern Lang. or  Business Adm. 20-25-30 
[3] Physics 200-1-2  Economics 10-11-12  C. E. 707 
[3] Applied Math. 524-6-5  Applied Math. 527-8-9  M. E. 800-1 
C. E. 702-14-3  [3] Exp. Eng. 662-63-80  [3] E. E. 910-11 
[3] Exp. Engin. 650  C. E. 701-5-18  [3] Geology 400-1-2 
[3] C. E. 751 
[3] C. E. 755 
L. F. $35  L. F. $35  L. F. $10 
Mechanical  Calculus 108-9-10  Modern Lang. or  Business Adm. 20-25-30 
[3] Physics 200-1-2  Economics 10-11-12  [3] E. E. 910-11-12 
[3] Applied Math. 524-6-5  Applied Math. 527-8-9  M. E.[3] 809-6-[3]
M. E. 800-1-2  [3] Exp. Eng. 670-61-80  C. E. 714 
M. E. 208-803-4  [3] Exp. Eng. 690-1-2 
[3] M. E. 862-3-4 
L. F. $30  L. F. $30  L. F. $40 
Electrical  Calculus 108-9-10  Modern Lang. or  Business Adm. 20-25-30 
[3] Physics 200-1-2  Economics 10-11-12  [3] E. E. 903-4-15 
[3] Applied Math. 524-6-5  Applied Math. 527-8-9  E. E. [3] 906-7-5 
M. E. 800-1-2  [3] Exp. Eng. 670-61-80  [3] Phys. 259 
[3] E. E. 900-1-2  M. E. 208-803-4 
[3] Exp. Eng. 690-1 
L. F. $30  L. F. $30  L. F. $35 
Chemical  Calculus 108-9-10  Modern Lang. or  Business Adm. 20-25-30 
[3] Physics 200-1-2  Economics 10-11-12  [3] Phys. Chem. 303-4-5 
M. E. 800-1-2  [3] Applied Math. 524-6-5  Applied Chem. 340-1-2 
[3] Qual. Anal. 315-6-7  [3] Quan. Anal. 318-19-20  [3] Chem. Lab. 386-7-8 or 
[3] Organ. Chem. 309-10-11  [3] Tech. Analysis 321-2-3 
Applied Math. 529 
[3] Exp. Eng. 680 
[3] E. E. 910-11 
L. F. $35  L. F. $55  L. F. $55 
Mining  Calculus 108-9-10  Modern Lang. or  Business Adm. 20-25-30 
[3] Physics 200-1-2  Economics 10-11-12  Mining 420-1-2 
[3] Applied Math. 524-6-5  [3] Geology 400-1-2  [3] Geology 403-4-5 
C. E. 702-14-3  [3] Qual. Anal. 315-6-7  [3] Petrography 406-7-8 
M. E. 800-1 
[3] E. E. 910-11 
Applied Math. 529 
[3] Exp. Eng. 680 
L. F. $30  L. F. $35 
 
[3]

Starred courses involve Laboratory Work.

L. F.—Laboratory Fees.


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PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.

                                           
Fall Term  C[4]   L[5]   P[6]   Winter Term  Spring Term 
Freshman  Trigonometry (100)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) 
Surveying (521) or  Drawing (522-572) or  Descriptive Geometry (523-573) or 
Drawing (522-572)  Descriptive Geom. (523-573)  Surveying (521) 
Gen. Chemistry (300-350)  Gen. Chemistry (301-351)  Gen. Chemistry (302-352) 
Rhetoric (1)  Composition (2)  Literature (3) 
Field (571) or  Shop (860 or 861)  Shop (860 or 861) or 
Shop (860 or 861)  Field (571) 
Sophomore  Calculus (108)  Calculus (109)  Calculus (110) 
Graphic Statics (524-574)  Elem. Mechanics (526-576)  Structural Draw. (525-575) 
Gen. Physics (200-251)  Gen. Physics (201-251)  Gen. Physics (202-252) 
Railways (702)  Materials of Construction (714)  Highways (703) 
Road Materials Tests (650) 
Junior  Applied Mechanics (527)  Strength of Materials (528)  Hydraulics (529) 
Curves and Earthwork (701)  Bridges (705-755)  12  Masonry (718)  15 
Principles of Economics (10)  Principles of Economics (11)  Applications of Economics (12) 
Materials Tests (662)  Strength of Materials Tests (663)  Hydraulics Tests (680) 
Railroad Surveying (751) 
Senior  Costs Accounting (20)  Contracts and Specifications (25)  Engineering Economics (30) 
Steam Engines (800)  Power Plants (801)  Waterworks and Sewers (707)  24 
D. C. Systems (910-960)  A. C. Systems (911-961)  Engineering Geology (402-452) 
Engineering Geology (400-450)  Engineering Geology (401-451) 
 
[4]

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[5]

L represents supervised laboratory, field, shop or drawing and computing hours per week.

[6]

P represents hours of preparation per week.


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PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

                                           
Fall Term  C[7]   L[8]   P[9]   Winter Term  Spring Term 
Freshman  Trigonometry (100)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) 
Surveying (521) or  Drawing (522-572) or  Descriptive Geometry (523-573) or 
Drawing (522-572)  Descriptive Geom. (523-573)  Surveying (521) 
Gen. Chemistry (300-350)  Gen. Chemistry (301-351)  Gen. Chemistry (302-352) 
Rhetoric (1)  Composition (2)  Literature (3) 
Field (571) or  Shop (860 or 861)  Shop (860 or 861) or 
Shop (860 or 861)  Field (571) 
Sophomore  Calculus (108)  Calculus (109)  Calculus (110) 
Graphic Statics (524-574)  Elem. Mechanics (526-576)  Structural Draw. (525-575) 
Gen. Physics (200-250)  Gen. Physics (201-251)  Gen. Physics (202-252) 
Steam Engines (800)  Power Plants (801)  Machine Design (802) 
Junior  Applied Mechanics (527)  Strength of Materials (528)  Hydraulics (529) 
Thermodynamics (208)  Gas Engines (803)  Engine Design (805-855) 
Principles of Economics (10)  Principles of Economics (11)  Applications of Economics (12) 
Fuel and Oils Tests (670)  Strength of Materials Tests (661)  Hydraulics Tests (680) 
Shop (862)  Shop (863)  Shop (864) 
Senior  Costs Accounting (20)  Contracts and Specifications (25)  Engineering Economics (30) 
D. C. Systems (910-960)  A. C. Systems (911-961)  Elec. Equipment (912-962) 
Power Testing (690)  Materials of Construction (714)  Engines and Turbines (804) 
Automobiles (809-859)  Power Testing (691)  Power Testing (692) 
Kinematics (806) 
 
[7]

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[8]

L represents supervised laboratory, field, shop or drawing and computing hours per week.

[9]

P represents hours of preparation per week.


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PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

                                         
Fall Term  C[10]   L[11]   P[12]   Winter Term  Spring Term 
Freshman  Trigonometry (100)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) 
Surveying (521) or  Drawing (522-572) or  Descriptive Geometry (523-573) or 
Drawing (522-572)  Descriptive Geom. (523-573)  Surveying (521) 
Gen. Chemistry (300-350)  Gen. Chemistry (301-351)  Gen. Chemistry (302-352) 
Rhetoric (1)  Composition (2)  Literature (3) 
Field (571) or  Shop (860 or 861)  Shop (860 or 861) or 
Shop (860 or 861)  Field (571) 
Sophomore  Calculus (108)  Calculus (109)  Calculus (110) 
Graphic Statics (524-574)  Elem. Mechanics (526-576)  Structural Draw. (525-575) 
Gen. Physics (200-250)  Gen. Physics (201-251)  Gen. Physics (202-252) 
Steam Engines (800)  Power Plants (801)  Machine Design (802) 
Junior  Applied Mechanics (527)  Strength of Materials (528)  Hydraulics (529) 
Elem. of Electrical Engrg. (900-950)  D. C. Machinery (901-951)  Periodic Currents (902-952) 
Principles of Economics (10)  Principles of Economics (11)  Applications of Economics (12) 
Fuel and Oils Tests (670)  Strength of Materials Tests (661)  Hydraulics Tests (680) 
Senior  Costs Accounting (20)  Contracts and Specifications (25)  Engineering Economics (30) 
A. C. Machinery (903-953)  A. C. Machinery (904-954)  A. C. Machinery (915-965) 
Illum. and Photometry (906-956)  Electric Traction (907)  Power Transmission (905) 
Thermodynamics (208)  Gas Engines (803)  Engines and Turbines (804) 
Power Testing (690)  Power Testing (691)  Electrical Measurements (259) 
 
[10]

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[11]

L represents supervised laboratory, field, shop or drawing and computing hours per week.

[12]

P represents hours of preparation per week.


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PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.

                                             
Fall Term  C[13]   L[14]   P[15]   Winter Term  Spring Term 
Freshman  Trigonometry (100)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) 
Surveying (521) or  Drawing (522-572) or  Descriptive Geometry (523-573) or 
Drawing (522-572)  Descriptive Geom. (523-573)  Surveying (521) 
Gen. Chemistry (300-350)  Gen. Chemistry (301-351)  Gen. Chemistry (302-352) 
Rhetoric (1)  Composition (2)  Literature (3) 
Field (571) or  Shop (860 or 861)  Shop (860 or 861) or 
Shop (860 or 861)  Field (571) 
Sophomore  Calculus (108)  Calculus (109)  Calculus (110) 
Qual. Analysis (315-365)  Qual. Analysis (316-366)  Elem. Quan. Analysis (317-367) 
Gen. Physics (200-250)  Gen. Physics (201-251)  Gen. Physics (202-252) 
Steam Engines (800)  Power Plants (801)  Machine Design (802) 
Junior  Graphic Statics (524-574)  Elem. Mechanics (526-576)  Structural Draw. (525-575) 
Quan. Analysis (318-368)  Quan. Analysis (319-369)  Quan. Analysis (320-370) 
Organic Chemistry (309-359)  Organic Chemistry (310-360)  Organic Chemistry (311-361) 
Principles of Economics (10)  Principles of Economics (11)  Applications of Economics (12) 
Senior  Costs Accounting (20)  Contracts and Specifications (25)  Engineering Economics (30) 
Physical Chemistry (303-353)  Physical Chemistry (304-354)  Physical Chemistry (305-355) 
Applied Chemistry (340)  Applied Chemistry (341)  Applied Chemistry (342) 
D. C. Systems (910-960)  A. C. Systems (911-961)  Hydraulics (529) 
Chemical Laboratory (386) or  Chemical Laboratory (387) or  Hydraulics Tests (680) 
Technical Analysis (321-371)  Technical Analysis (322-372)  Chemical Laboratory (388) or 
Technical Analysis (323-373) 
 
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[14]

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[15]

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PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN MINING ENGINEERING.

                                         
Fall Term  C[16]   L[17]   P[18]   Winter Term  Spring Term 
Freshman  Trigonometry (100)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (106)  Coor. Geometry and Algebra (107) 
Surveying (521) or  Drawing (522-572) or  Descriptive Geometry (523-573) or 
Drawing (522-572)  Descriptive Geom. (523-573)  Surveying (521) 
Gen. Chemistry (300-350)  Gen. Chemistry (301-351)  Gen. Chemistry (302-352) 
Rhetoric (1)  Composition (2)  Literature (3) 
Field (571) or  Shop (860 or 861)  Shop (860 or 861) or 
Shop (860 or 861)  Field (571) 
Sophomore  Calculus (108)  Calculus (109)  Calculus (110) 
Graphic Statics (524-574)  Elem. Mechanics (526-576)  Structural Drawing (525-575) 
Gen. Physics (200-250)  Gen. Physics (201-251)  Gen. Physics (202-252) 
Railways (702)  Materials of Construction (714)  Highways (703) 
Junior  Engineering Geology (400-450)  Engineering Geology (401-451)  Engineering Geology (402-452) 
Qual. Analysis (315-365)  Qual. Analysis (316-366)  El. Quan. Analysis (317-367) 
Steam Engines (800)  Power Plants (801)  Hydraulics (529) 
D. C. Systems (910-960)  A. C. Systems (911-961)  Applications of Economics (12) 
Principles of Economics (10)  Principles of Economics (11)  Hydraulics Tests (680) 
Senior  Costs Accounting (20)  Contracts and Specifications (25)  Engineering Economics (30) 
Mining (420)  Mining (421)  Mining (422) 
Economic Geology (403-453)  Economic Geology (404-454)  Economic Geology (405-455) 
Petrography (406-456)  Petrography (407-457)  Petrography (408-458) 
 
[16]

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[17]

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[18]

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LECTURE HOURS AND EXAMINATION DAYS—1923-1924.

                                                   
Hours  Monday, Wednesday, Friday  Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday  Hours 
8:30
to
9:30 
Freshman Drawing Laboratory  Analytical Chemistry (315-16-17)  8:30
to
9:30 
Physics Laboratory  Sophomore Drawing Laboratory 
Examination Day V  Examination Day III 
9:30
to
10:30 
Economics (10-11-12)  Mathematics (100-6-7)  9:30
to
10:30 
Business Administration (20-25-30)  Applied Chemistry (340-1-2) 
Freshman Drawing Laboratory  Sophomore Drawing Laboratory 
Physics Laboratory 
Examination Day X  Examination Day IX 
10:30
to
11:30 
Applied Mathematics (521-2-3)  Physics (200-1-2)  10:30
to
11:30 
Civil Engineering (701-5-18)  Electrical Engineering (910-11-12) 
Mechanical Engineering (809-6-5)  Mechanical Engineering (208-803-4) 
Economic Geology (403-4-5) (M. T. W.)  Mining (420-1-2) 
Electrical Engineering (900-1-2)  Freshman Chem. Laboratory 
Examination Day II  Examination Day VIII 
11:30
to
12:30 
Mathematics (108-9-10)  Organic Chemistry (309-10-11)  11:30
to
12:30 
Engin. Geology (400-1-2) (M. T. W.)  Electrical Engineering (906-7-5) 
Freshman Chem. Laboratory 
Examination Day I  Examination Day VII 
12:30
to
1:30 
English (1-2-3)  General Chemistry (300-1-2)  12:30
to
1:30 
Applied Mathematics (524-6-5)  Applied Mathematics (527-8-9) 
Physical Chemistry (303-4-5)  Civil Engineering (702-14-3) 
Civil Engineering (707)  Mechanical Engineering (800-1-2) 
Petrography (406-7-8) (M. T. W.) 
Electrical Engineering (903-4-15) 
Examination Day IV  Examination Day VI 

The examination days for the various classes are fixed by the hour of
regular lecture period. The examination day for a particular course is indicated
in the table above by the Roman numeral in the space denoting hour of
lecture. The examination period covers ten days at the end of each term.

A change in lecture period for any course will change the examination day
correspondingly. Classes for which lecture periods are not indicated will have
examination days fixed by the arranged lecture hour in accordance with above
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EXPENSES OF REGULAR STUDENTS.

The average annual expense of a student who pursues the regular course
in Engineering will be:

               
NonVirginians  Virginians 
University Fee  $ 40  $ 20 
Tuition  160  85 
Laboratory Fees (average)  35  35 
Living Expenses (for nine months)  400  400 
Books and Drawing Materials  30  30 
Incidental Expenses (for nine months)  60  60 
Total annual for average conditions  $725  $630 

The charges for Tuition are uniform to all students, except that Virginians
are relieved of tuition on courses offered in the College, this exception
saving regular Freshmen from Virginia $100 and all other Virginia
students $65 each year in comparison with non-Virginians.

The laboratory charges are $15 per class for the year's course in Physics,
and $20 per class for a year's course in Chemistry. A deposit for breakage
of $5 is required for each laboratory course in Chemistry. The fee for each
practice course in the Engineering Department, Drawing, Engineering
Laboratories, and Shop-work is $5 per term for each course. The fees for
Field-work and Bridge Drafting are each $10 per term per course. These
fees include all charges for laboratory materials; but the student is held
further responsible for breakage.

The living Expenses include board, lodging, fuel and lights, servant and
laundry; the average is $10.00 per week, the minimum $7.50, and a reasonable
maximum $12.50. Books and Drawing Materials will cost about $120
for the four-year course. Incidental Expenses ought to be kept within modest
bounds; the above estimate is sufficient; large allowances of pocket
money promote idleness and attract companions of the baser sort. No
allowances are included for clothing and travel, the expenses for which vary
too much to be introduced into any general estimate.

The charges payable on entrance are the University Fee, and the Tuition
and Laboratory Fees.

EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS.

Oral examinations are held at the beginning of each lecture hour on the
topics of the preceding lecture. Written test papers are set monthly, or at
such interval as the professor may appoint. Absences from lecture except
by reason of sickness are not excused without a written leave from the
Dean. Class standing is determined on the basis of the oral examinations
and the written tests. Absence from the latter or failure to answer incurs
a zero grade. Absences from laboratory periods, however caused, must be
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Written examinations are held at the end of each term on the entire
work of that term. The result of examination combined with the student's
class-standing gives his term-grade. The pass-mark is seventy-five per
cent. Absence from the written term examination incurs a zero term-grade,
which may not be removed except by the passage of a special written examination
on the work of that term. Such special examinations are granted
only upon presentation of a written certificate from a reputable physician
that the student by reason of sickness on the day of the regular examination
was unable to attend.

Regular Reports are sent out at the end of every term to the student's
parents or guardian. These state for each course followed the term-grade
and the number of absences. Further comment may be added by the Dean
or the professor, if it appears probable that such comment would be helpful
to the student. Parents are urged to examine these reports carefully
and to exert such parental influence as may seem needed to establish and
confirm the student in habits of industry and order.

Special Reports are sent to parents at the end of each month for students
delinquent in attendance or studiousness and for delinquents only.
When a student is making steady progress and showing due diligence in his
work, only the regular reports are sent. The receipt of a special report is
evidence that, in the judgment of the faculty, prompt and pointed parental
admonition is urgently needed.

If in any class in the Department of Engineering a student fails to
make satisfactory progress, he is first admonished by the professor in charge.
In default of prompt and permanent improvement, he is next formally
warned by the Dean. If due amendment is then not immediately effected,
the student's name is dropped from the rolls of the Department, on the
ground that he is not accomplishing the purposes for which he should have
entered upon a University course of study.

REGULATIONS.

The following regulations, adopted to define the policy of the faculty,
are published for the information and guidance of the students:

1. Practice-courses as well as lecture-courses must be conducted under
the Honor System. The student who submits any work to be graded is
considered to submit it under pledge.

2. When the lecture-course and the associated practice-course are given
in the same term of the same year, no student will be admitted to examination
on the lecture-course until he has completed at least three-fourths of the
practice-course.

3. No student will be admitted to any practice-course unless he is at
the same time pursuing the associated lecture-course, or has already received
credit for the same.

4. No student will be admitted to the graduating examination on a
lecture-course unless he has been present at more than half the lectures in
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5. In the technical courses in Engineering (i. e., courses not given in the
College) term-grades shall not be averaged; except that the term-grades for
Freshman Applied Mathematics may be averaged for the first-year men only,
provided no mark is below 65.

6. The pass-mark in every course is 75. Class standing is estimated at
20 points; the written examination at 80 points.

7. No student who fails to make 75 on term-grade shall be granted
another examination on the course until he has again attended lectures on
that course.

8. Special examinations are not given except by reason of sickness on
the day of examination, attested by the written certificate of a reputable
physician, or for other like providential causes. In every case they must
be validated by special vote of the faculty.

9. A student whose term-grades average less than 40 for all the courses
in which he is registered shall be at once dropped from the rolls. If his
average is above 40 with no mark above 65, he is placed on probation.

10. A student on probation may engage in no collegiate activities, athletic
or musical. If in the next term he makes less than 65 on each and all
his courses, he shall be at once dropped from the rolls.

DRAFTING ROOMS.

The drafting rooms are abundantly lighted and are provided with solidly
constructed tables with locked drawers for instruments and materials. Each
student is assigned to a table and has a drawer for his exclusive use. The
regular Drawing Classes execute each one plate a week under the supervision
of the Instructors in Drawing. The more advanced students have such
additional drawings assigned by their respective professors as are needed
for the full development of the courses of study.

Careful attention is given to the training of the students in free-hand
lettering, in the conventional signs of mechanical drawing, in the proper
lay-out of drawings, and in neat and accurate execution. Exercises are required
also in tracing and in blue-printing, the rooms for which are conveniently
arranged and in close contiguity to the drafting rooms. While,
however, technical dexterity is demanded, the graphical method is taught
and used primarily as an indispensable instrument of research, the thoughtful
mastery of which is essential for the instructed Engineer.

The construction and theory of the Polar Planimeter, the Slide Rule,
and the Pantograph are carefully taught, and the student is trained in the
practical use of these appliances for the rapid and accurate production of
estimates and copies from finished drawings.

SHOPS.

The machine shop is provided with six first-class engine lathes, illustrating
the practice of the best American makers; with a planer, a shaper,
two drill presses, a universal milling machine (Brown & Sharpe), and a universal


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grinder (same makers); also with a gas forge for tempering tools, a
cut-off saw for metal rods, an emery wheel, grindstone, and so on.

The wood shop is furnished with five small lathes, a large patternmaker's
lathe, a jointer, a planer, a saw bench for slitting and cross-cutting,
a band-saw, a jig-saw, and a wood trimmer for pattern-making, six cabinetmaker's
benches, and an ample supply of hand tools.

EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES.

Road Materials Laboratory.—The apparatus for tests of non-bituminous
road materials includes a two-cylinder Deval abrasion machine, a ball mill,
a moulding press for briquettes of rock dust, a Page impact cementation
tester, a Page impact toughness tester, a rock crusher and a Purdue brick
rattler. This outfit the University owes to the generous aid of the late Dr.
Logan Waller Page. In addition, the Department has acquired a 40,000-pound
compression tester, a diamond core drill, a diamond rock saw, a
grinding lap, a Westphal balance, specific gravity apparatus, and a complete
set of sieves. Useful researches in the road-building rocks and gravels
of Virginia, as well as the standard tests, are conducted each year by the
class in Civil Engineering.

The apparatus for tests of bituminous road materials includes the New
York Testing Laboratory penetrometer, the Kirschbaum ductility machine,
the Engler viscosimeter, the asphalt viscosimeter, the New York Testing
Laboratory extractor, the New York State Board of Health oil tester, Hubbard
pyknometers, asphalt flow plates, gas and electric hot plates, and the
accessory apparatus needed for research on bituminous road-binders.

Structural Materials Laboratory.—The Sinclair Laboratory for work
in testing structural materials was founded on the original donation of Mrs.
John Sinclair, of New York City, as a memorial to her late husband. The
collection has since been considerably enlarged. It contains a Riehle
100,000-pound machine, arranged for tensile, compressive, and transverse
tests, with an attachment for taking autographic diagrams; an Olsen
100,000-pound machine fitted with a suspended ball compression block; an
Olsen torsion machine of 50,000-inch pounds capacity; a Ewing machine
for finding the modulus of elasticity; hand machines for testing rods and
wires under pull, and small specimens of timber and cast iron under transverse
loads. It is also equipped with accessory measuring instruments;
these include a Henning extensometer, an Olsen compressometer, and a
Ewing optical extensometer of great delicacy.

The laboratory is completely equipped for making tests of cement,
cement aggregates, and concrete. It contains a Fairbank's tensile tester of
1,000 pounds capacity; an Olsen steaming over for accelerated tests; an
Olsen drying oven with automatic temperature regulation; moist air closets;
sieves for mechanical analysis; moulds for tension and compression tests;
and the required small apparatus.

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of coal, petroleum, etc., the laboratory has an Emerson bomb calorimeter.
For gas calorimetry, a Junker calorimeter made by the American Meter
Co. is used. The equipment also includes a Braun gas muffle furnace, a
Brown high resistance pyrometer, balances, platinum crucibles, etc. For
investigating the coefficient of friction for lubricants, the laboratory has an
Olsen-Cornell oil tester, and is further equipped with such apparatus as
flash and chill point testers, hydrometers, viscosimeters, etc., used in the
determination of the physical properties of oils.

Hydraulics Laboratory.—The laboratory equipment for work in hydraulics
comprises a steel tank for weir experiments with interchangeable
bronze notches; a hook gauge for measurement of surface levels; a standpipe
provided with a set of standard bronze orifices for experiments on
efflux; commercial pipe and elbows arranged for determining friction losses;
and the necessary scales, tanks, manometers, etc. It also includes a pump
which is piped to circulate water from a cement cistern to a tank in the
attic of the building.

A recent addition to the equipment of this laboratory is a motor driven
centrifugal pump with a capacity of 350 gallons per minute at 100 feet head,
equipped with a Venturi meter and the necessary piping, valves and gauges
to provide for complete performance tests on the pump. This unit also
supplies water at constant pressure for the other hydraulic tests.

Power Laboratory.—The laboratory is equipped to illustrate the theory
involved in Mechanical Engineering; to give practical instruction in the
handling of machinery; and to teach the fundamental methods of experimental
work. It contains a Ball high-speed engine; a De Laval turbine
with condensing and non-condensing nozzles, which is direct-connected to
a 20-kva. alternating-current generator; an Otto gasoline engine with a special
piston for alcohol; a Wheeler surface condenser to which the exhaust from
any of the steam units may be connected; a Sturtevant blower; an air compressor;
an A. B. C. Pitot tube; a steam pump; steam traps, etc. For
boiler tests, the boilers of the University Heating and Lighting Plant are
used.

The instrument room contains all necessary apparatus for carrying out
complete tests. Among this may be mentioned indicators, thermometers,
gauges, planimeters, with standards for their correction and calibration; two
types of Orsat apparatus; separating and throttling calorimeters, etc.

FIELD WORK IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.

The outfit of field instruments contains compasses, transits, and levels
of various approved makes; a solar transit, furnished also with stadia wires
and gradienter for tachymetric work; hand-levels and clinometers for field
topography; plane tables; a sextant; together with an adequate supply of
leveling rods, telemeter rods, signal poles, chains, tapes, pins, and so on.
For hydraulic surveys a hook gauge and a current meter are provided. All
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and in their practical use in the field. They are also required to
make up their field-books in standard forms; to reduce their surveys and
execute all the necessary profiles, plans, and maps; and to determine lengths,
areas, and volumes both from the maps and from the original notes. Polar
planimeters are provided for facilitating such estimates, and a pantograph
for making reduced copies of finished drawings.

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 Spring Term, so as to form a special course
in highway engineering for the benefit of young men from Virginia who
wish to go into public highway work. To such Virginians, if adequately
prepared and recommended, free scholarships will be given. Application
should be made to the Dean, accompanied by recommendations from the
State Highway Commissioner or from the Board of Supervisors of the applicant's
county.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY.

The Scott Laboratory of Electrical Engineering.—This laboratory was
initially equipped and endowed by Mrs. Frances Branch Scott, of Richmond,
Va., as a memorial to her late son, an alumnus of this University.
During the year 1910 the equipment was substantially increased through
the generosity of the Hon. Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, Ill., a friend of
the University. During 1912 still further substantial additions were made,
consisting of measuring instruments, auxiliary control apparatus, and more
particularly a steam-turbine-driven three-phase alternating-current generator
with exciter and control switchboard.

In addition to full sets of electric meters with the appliances for testing
and calibrating them, galvanometers of the best modern types, standard
cells and resistances, standard condensers, and other pieces of apparatus
for minor tests, this laboratory contains numerous pieces of the very best
construction. Such are the Wolff potentiometer, the Seimens and Halske
Thomson double bridge, the Koepsel permeameter, the Station photometer
with Lummer-Brodhun screen, the Carey-Foster bridge and others. For
the work in machine-testing there are a number of direct-current generators
and motors, series, shunt and compound, interpole motors, a double current
generator, a two-phase alternator, a General Electric experimental test set
for alternating current, comprising a generator furnishing single, two, three,
six or twelve-phase current, and, in addition, offering three types of induction
motors with all necessary starting and controlling devices, a single-phase
repulsion motor, a two-phase induction motor, two three-phase induction
motors, several pairs of constant voltage transformers, a constant current
transformer, frequency meters, power factor indicator, synchronism indicator,
ground detector and the auxiliary apparatus used in testing these machines.
The laboratory has been arranged with a system of universal plug and


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receptacle-connections to facilitate the setting up of all experimental combinations.

Additional equipment is now being installed which comprises a complete
three-element oscillograph set with necessary accessories, two direct
current motor generator sets with automatic push-button start and stop
control complete, and an experimental alternator test generator with complete
modern switchboard panel for its control as well as a motor to drive
it equipped with push-button start, reverse and stop control.

BUILDINGS.

The buildings devoted wholly or in part to the work of the Department
of Engineering are the following:

The Mechanical Laboratory is the main seat of the instruction in technical
studies. It is 180 by 70 feet and contains on the main floor the Dean's
office and the offices of three other professors; and three lecture-rooms.

Above are an office, a small drafting room for advanced students, and
blue-print and photographic rooms. Below on the ground floor are an office
and classroom, the electrical laboratories, the testing laboratories, apparatus
and storerooms, and the students' lavatory. In order to more adequately
care for increased numbers this building has undergone a considerable
rearrangement during the past few years. Wood and machine shop equipment
has been entirely removed from the building, as well as the facilities for
Freshman and Sophomore Drawing. This change made available much
needed classroom space and allowed the electrical laboratories to be expanded.
Incident to the changes new cement floors were constructed for
the Road Materials Testing Laboratory, the main testing Laboratory and
the main hall. A new high-pressure steam line from the Power House was
also installed.

The Shops are now temporarily housed in the Garage erected for the
Motor Truck Training Detachment during the World War. This building
gives a floor space of some 5,000 square feet and has allowed the rearrangement
of wood and machine shop equipment for group drive by four electric
motors. Space is also available in this structure for use in connection with
the course in automobile construction and testing.

The Drawing Room is temporarily housed near Peabody Hall in one of
the Barracks taken from the Training Camp site and rebuilt and fitted for
drawing. The building accommodates about 180 men, each man having his
individual drawing desk.

The Power House is a single-story building 110 by 40 feet. In addition
to the University boiler plant and the electric lighting plant, this contains
the foundry and the forge-room. The Boiler plant consists of two horizontal
return-tubular boilers, each of 140 horse-power. The lighting plant
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the respective capacities being 25, 50, and 75 kilowatts. The whole
plant is available for purposes of instruction, study and experiment.

In addition to the University plants there are available by courtesy of the
owners for purposes of inspection, study and tests such plants as the turbine
station and railway and power substation of the Charlottesville and Albemarle
Railway Company, the water turbines and oil engine plant of the
Charlottesville Woolen Mills, and plants of the local ice companies and
cold storage.

The Geological Museum is 120 by 50 feet. It is a three-story building.
The main floor is devoted to the very extensive geological collection of
specimens, charts, relief maps, and so on. The gallery above contains an
equally good collection of minerals and numerous models of typical crystallographic
forms. The upper floor contains the lecture-rooms and the laboratories
of Economic Geology. In the basement are stored subsidiary collections
and new material accumulated in more recent geological surveys.

The Physical Laboratory faces the Mechanical Laboratory on the opposite
side of the quadrangle, and has almost the same proportions. The
main floor contains the lecture-room, the professors' offices, the laboratory
of experimental physics, and the storeroom for the very large collection of
apparatus used in the lectures. On the ground floor is the laboratory of
theoretical electricity, the storage battery room, a well-equipped shop for
the repair and manufacture of apparatus, and smaller rooms for the work
of graduate students. Considerable special equipment is available for the
study of problems in thermodynamics.

The new Chemical Laboratory was opened for use in September, 1917.
In this fire-proof structure all the work in Chemistry is assembled. The
floor area provided is about 30,000 square feet. The lecture-rooms seat
classes of 300, 75 and 25 students. The laboratories assigned to General
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis,
and Physical Chemistry contain 110, 60, 40, 30, and 20 desks. Altogether
by dividing classes into sections, 600 students may be accommodated. Smaller
private laboratories are provided for research workers. Large stock rooms
communicating by elevators with the several floors contain ample stores of
chemical supplies. The 5,000 volumes of books and bound sets of journals
constituting the Departmental Library of Chemistry are so housed as to be
accessible to both teachers and students.

INSTRUCTION IN ARCHITECTURE.

Instruction leading to the professional degree of Bachelor of Science in
Architecture is offered in the University by the McIntire School of Fine
Arts in collaboration with the Department of Engineering and with the
other academic schools. This work is under the administrative jurisdiction
of the College, and the rules of the College regarding entrance requirements,
fees, choice of courses, and requirements for degrees are those which apply
in it. For the courses offered, equipment, etc., see the announcement of
courses in the Academic Schools.

 
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Absent on leave 1922-1923.