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Show . UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. i ....The State School of Mines is the Engineering College of the Univcr- , t sity of Utah. It affords instruction I in those subjects and branches of en- M ginoering that find application in the Wk mining industry. But this industry Bf needs the services of chemical, civil, El electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical BJ engirccrs as well as those of mining mt and metallurgical engineers. In or- B dcr to prepare students for these va- B) , rious lines of engineering several dif- B fcrent courses arc offered. B Courses: The School of Mines now I offers six four-year courses, each leading to the degree of Bachelor ot I. Science in some specified branch of K engineering. It also offers courses to K graduate students which lead to the II1 degree of Master of Science in En-H En-H gincering. The courses offered are: II Mining Engineering, Electrical En- ; ginccring, Civil Engineering, Median- m HI HI Hi Hr Hi Hi Hi Hi HHI Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi HHHHHHMBi ical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineer-ing, and Irrigation Engineering. The first part of the latter course is given however, by the Utah Agricu'tural College at Logan. Only the last two year-; of the course are given by the School of Mines at Salt Lake City. While there is a large amount ol work common to all these courses still each one is characterized by the special studies found in the corresponding corres-ponding course as given by other engineering en-gineering colleges. These studies prepare pre-pare a student for a professional career ca-reer in his chosen branch of engineering. engineer-ing. Advantages of Engineering. A young man may ask what an engineering engineer-ing course in college will do for him. A1 complete answer cannot be given here, for it would include a statement state-ment of nearly everything that a general gen-eral college education will do for him i HIHHBBXHHHHHH!!in!nR discipline his mind and develop him phy&ically, mentally and morally. An Engineering Course is pre-eminently adapted to develop the reason and the judgment, to fill the inind with useful information, and to open up many avenues of employment and promotion in the business and industrial indust-rial world. It trains a student to use hands as well as his head. An engineering engi-neering education is an industrial education edu-cation and carries with it all the advantages ad-vantages of the latter. An Engineering Education is being moro and more considered necessary for the superintendent, the mannagcr, and other executive officers of most industrial comypanics, such as mining coal, cement, lighting, power, heating, heat-ing, telegraph, telephone, and railroad rail-road companies, manufacturers and sellers of machinery and other commodities, com-modities, building and contracting companies, etc. Indeed, these desirable desir-able positions arc now usually filled by enginnccrs. Any of the engineering courses prepares pre-pares him for assaying, for openuing up and working a mine, for concentrating concen-trating and smelting the ores, including in-cluding the design, erection, and operation oper-ation of the necessary machinery, mills and plants, etc. The Electrical Course prepares for the designing, testing, installation and operation of electrical apparatus ana machinery for all industrial purposes; for the design and erection of power and lighting plants, and hydraulic works, such as reservoirs, pipe lines, cc. The Civil Engineering Course prepare; pre-pare; for railroad surveying and construction, con-struction, the design and construction of reservoirs, canals, and irrigating systems, for city engineering, includ- I hShhhhhhhhMhbhhhh ing the construction of pavements water supply and sewerage systems etc. The Mechanical Course docs not differ much from the electrical course. More time, however, is devoted to the study of mining machinery and less to the study of electrical apparatus. The design, construction, and operation of o:c-conccntrating mills is emphasized empha-sized in this course. The Chemical Course qualifies for the career of the industrial chemist, that is, for all those positions in factories fac-tories and plants where chemists are needed, such as assay offices, smelting smelt-ing j lants, sugar, cement, glass, soap, chemical and other factories. In all the industries where chemical processes pro-cesses are involved the position of chemist is usually a stepping stone to that of superintendent and manager. mana-ger. T!. Irrigation Course, by emphasizing emphasiz-ing both the agricultural and the en- gino'-ring sides, gives a particularly goo 1 preparation for everything pertaining per-taining to irrigation. It prepares specially for the design and construction construc-tion of dams, reservoirs, hcadgatcs, and diverting aparatus; flumes, canals, j pipe lines, water supply, sewerage, irrigation ir-rigation and drainage systems; roads and pavements; the measurement ana ' distribution of water, and the manage- i ment of irrigation systems, etc. J Demand for Engineers. During recent re-cent years there lias been a remarkable remark-able increase in the number of en- jft gineering graduates from the colleges colleg-es in the United States, but the supply sup-ply has not kept pace with the demand de-mand for engineers. Any energetic young man now of ability car .ow find a position at a good salary as I 14 soon as he graduates from the School .5, J of Mines. " 3 Facilities and Equipment. The i si School possesses first-class facilities && for giving instruction in engineering. The teachers arc all specialists who have received the highest training af- f forded by the best institutions of Amciica and Europe, and who have also had a greater or less amount of i experience in practical engineering I work. B Laboratories, well equipped with R modern aparatus, arc provided in con- 3i ucction with all subjects of inslruc- m t'on "lat amit laboratory meth-v meth-v ods. For a modern and complete 'g equipment the laboratories of assay ing, smelting, and ore-dressing are not excelled in America. The laboratories labor-atories of chemistry, physics, mineral-gyi mineral-gyi hydraulics, electrical engineering, the surveying instrument room, etc. arc all finely equipped with new apa-ratiti apa-ratiti and machines, as evidenced by ,. the rccompanying illustrations. |