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Sophomore or junior year, second term, 3 hours.

223 German G: Eighteenth Century Literature
Junior year, first term, 3 hours.

An advanced elective.

224 German G: Eighteenth Century Literature (continued)
Junior year, second term, 3 hours.

225 German H

Junior year, first term, 3 hotirs.
The same as course 223, extended.

226 German H (continued)

Junior year, second term, 3 hours.
The same as course 224, extended.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 115

Courses for Seniors

227 German I: RomanUc Literature
Senior year, Brst term, 3 hours.

The Romantic School (1800-1840): Heinrich von Kleist, Tieck,
and others.

[Omitted 1919-1920]

228 German I: Romantic Literature (continued)
Senior year, second term, 3 hours.
[Omitted 1919-1920]

229 German J: Post-RomarUic Literature
Senior year, first term, 3 hours.

The post-romantic writers (1840-1900): Uhland, Hebbel, and
others.

[Omitted 1919-1920]

230 German J: Post-Romantic Literature (continued)
Senior year, second term, 3 hours.

[Omitted 1919-1920]

Graduate Courses

231 German K: History of Literature

Graduate course open to candidates for the master's degree.
History of German Hteratiure from Gottsched to the death of
Goethe.

232 German L: Nineteenth Century Literature

Graduate course open to candidates for the master's degree.
Intensive study of the leading writers of the century, with written

analyses of their most important works and extensive supplementary

reading.



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MATHEMATICS

Professor Morris, courses 241, 243, 244, 253, 254, 264, 265

Professor Breazeale, courses 241-244, 246, 249, 250

Professor Brasefield, courses 242, 246, 249-252

Assistant Professor Garretson, 241-244, 246, 249, 250

Mr. Starke, courses 241-246, 249, 250

Major— Junior year: 255-258; or 255-257, 259; senior year:
262-265 or 260-263.

Minors may be chosen in astronomy, physics, chemistry, logic,
and education.

241 Algebra

Freshman year, first term, 4 hours, in the liberal courses and in
the technical courses in agriculture and biology.

242 Algebra and Trigonometry

Freshman year, first term, 5 hours, in the engineering, chemistry,
and ceramics courses.

243 Plane Trigonometry

Freshman year, first half of second term, 4 hours, in the liberal
courses and in Agricultiure.

244 Solid Geometry

Freshman year, latter half of second term, 4 hours, in the liberal
courses and in Agriculture.

245 Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry

Freshman year, second term, 4 hours, in the technical course in
biology.

246 Analytic Geometry

Freshman year, second term, 5 hours, in the engineering, chemis-
try, and ceramics courses,

247 Calcidus

Sophomore year, first term, 3 hotirs, in the chemistry and ceramics
courses.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 117

248 Calculus (continued)

Sophomore year, second term, 3 hours.

249 Calculus

Sophomore year, first term, 4 hours, in the engineering courses.

250 Calculus (continued)

Sophomore year, second term, 4 hours, in the engineering courses.

251 Mechanics

Junior year, first term, 4 hours, in the engineering courses.

252 Mechanics (continued)

Junior year, second term, 2 hours.

Blective Courses

253 Analytic Geometry

Sophomore, jimior, or senior year, first term, 3 hours.

254 Elementary Calculus

Sophomore, jtmior, or senior year, second term, 3 hours.

255 Advanced Calculus

Junior or senior year, first term, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 253, 254.

256 Advanced Calculus (continued)

Junior or senior year, second term, 3 hours.

257 Advanced Analytical Geometry

Jimior or senior year, first term, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 253, 254.

258 Theory of Equations

Junior or senior year, second term, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 253, 254.

259 Advanced Algebra

Jimior or senior year, second term, 3 hotirs.

This course and the preceding are given alternately.

Prerequisites: 253, 254.



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260 Analytical Mechanics

Jimior or senior year, first term, 3 hours.

261 Analytical Mechanics (continued)
Jimior or senior year, second term, 3 hours

262 Differential Equations
Senior year, first term, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 255, 256.

263 Projective Geometry

Junior or senior year, second term, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 253, 254.

264 Advanced Course in Plane Geometry
Junior or senior year, first term, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 253, 254.

265 Advanced Trigonometry

Junior or senior year, second term, 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 253, 254.



ASTRONOMY

Professor Brbazealb

271 Theoretical and Practical Astronomy
Junior or senior year, first term, 3 hours.

Spherical astronomy, coordinate systems, theory of astronomical
instruments, reduction of observations, method of least squares; exer-
cises in logarithmetic computation; observatory work.

Prerequisites: 253, 254.

[Omitted 1919-1920]

272 TheoreUcal amd Practical Astrommy (oop t in u ed)
Junior or senior year, aeooiad tenn, 3 hours.

Cdecstial mffffha.nirB, fnTi(i<unfntB.1 prisdpks and definitions; reo-
tihnear modon, oenttal foioeSt the potential and fl;ttrB<:tioQ of masses;
^ecbkcoB of two, three» aaid n bodies; catatlartfut of orbits; ob9Wy9r
toryiraorl&

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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 119

PHYSICS

Professor Gage, courses 281-292
Associate Professor Pratt, courses 281-284
Associate Professor Ferguson, courses 281-284
Major— Junior year: 285-288; senior year: 289-292.

Minors may be chosen in mathematics, chemistry, astronomy,
geology and education.

281 General Physics

Sophomore year, first term, lecture 1 hour, recitation 2 or 3 hours,
laboratory 2 or 4 hours; also first year in the short course in Clay-
working.

A study of those fundamentals of mechanics, wave motion, and
heat that are necessary to a liberal education.

282 General Physics (continued)

Sophomore year, second term, lecture 1 hour, recitation 2 or 3
hours, laboratory 2 or 4 hours; also first year in the short course in
Clay-working.

Includes magnetism, electricity, sound, and light.

283 Applied Physics

Sophomore year, first term, lecture 1 hour, recitation 2 or 3 hours,
laboratory 2 hours.

This course is more specialized than 281 in that emphasis is placed
on the portions of physics which form the basis for technical studies.

284 Applied Physics (continued)

Sophomore year, second term, lecture 1 hour, recitation 2 or 3
hoiu*s, laboratory 2 hours.

The following cotirses continue the work begim in the sophomore
year and aim to impart a more thorough knowledge of the subjects
from both the theoretical and the experimental point of view. Stu-
dents electing these courses are strongly advised to carry forward their
study of mathematics but are not requk«d to do so.

285 Electricity and Magnetism

Jimior or senior year, first term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory
3 hours.

Includes magnetism, electrostatiGB, and direct current phenomena.



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286 Electricity and Magnetism (continued)

Jimior or senior year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory
3 hours.

Alternating currents, electrical oscillations, wireless telegraphy,
and other topics of recent development.

287 Electrical Instruments

Junior or senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory
5 hours.

A study of instruments and methods of measurements which can-
not be included in course 285.

288 Electrical Instruments (continued)

Jimior or senior year, second term, recitation 1 hour, laboratory
5 hours.

289 Light

Junior or senior year, first term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory
3 hours.

Emphasis on the physical aspects of the subject, as, for example,
interference, diffraction, spectrum analysis, polarization.

290 Heat

Jimior or senior year, second term, recitation 2 hours, laboratory
3 hours.

A general course including a study of high and low temperatures
and thermodynamics.

291 General Laboratory Course

Senior year, first term, laboratory 8 hours.

The work is adapted to the needs of the individual student.

292 General Laboratory Course (continued)
Senior year, second term, laboratory 8 hours.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 121

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Professor Titsworth, courses 301, 317, 320, 322, 327, 328
Associate Professor A. R. Johnson, courses 301, 302, 303, 306, 307, 312,

316. 324, 325
Associate Professor Lendall, courses 304-306, 309, 310, 313, 318, 323,

326. 330
Associate Professor Stephenson, courses 308, 311, 314, 315, 319, 321,

329

Special lectures are given in this department from time to time
by men who have attained eminence in the practice of civil engineering.

301 Descriptive Geometry

Sophomore year, first term, recitation 2 hours, drafting 3 hours.

A recitation coiu^e embracing problems of the point, line, and
plane; problems in surface tangencies; intersections and development
of surfaces. The drafting cotu*se includes accurate construction of
problems.

302 Surveying

Sophomore year, second term, recitation 2 hours, field practice
3 hours.

Instruments and their adjustments; theory of chain, compass,
transit, and plane-table surveying, and leveling; methods of computing
areas and laying out and dividing land. Field practice.

303 Surveying

Sophomore year, second term, 2 hours.

A course designed to meet the special needs of students in electrical
engineering.

304 Machine Drawing

Sophomore year, first term, 3 hotu^.

Dimensional sketches of machine parts and finished drawings
made from sketches, conforming as nearly as possible to actual shop
practice.

305 Topography and Lettering
Sophomore year, second term, 3 hours.

A course in plain and colored topography, in the correct formation
of letters, in lettering and proper spacing, in drawing titles for maps.



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306 Field Practice in Surveying
Sophomore- junior vacation, 100 hours.

Practical applications in the field of methods of survejring.

307 Graphic Statics

Junior year, first term, 3 hours.

A course in the application of graphic methods to represent forces
and stresses in framed structures and machines, and in tracing curves
to represent statistical data.

308 Railway Engineering

Junior year, second term, recitation 2 hours, field practice 3 hours.

Reconnaissance and location. Problems in simple, reversed,
compotmd, and transition curves; turnouts, crossings, switches, and
frogs.

The field practice includes study and application of necessary field
operations for both location and construction.

309 Mechanics of Materials
Junior year, first term, 4 hours.

Principles of stress and strain; flextu*e of beams and columns;
resiUence; torsion; impact and fatigue.

310 Masonry Construction

Senior year, second term, recitation and design 4 hours.

A study of the materials and the classifications of masonry; methods
of construction and the principles and practice of the design of founda-
tions, dams, retaining walls, abutments, piers, culverts, and arches.

311 Field Practice in Railroad Surveying
Junior-senior vacation, 100 hours.

Reconnaissance, preliminary, and final locations of a short line
of railroad are made, including profile levels, cross-sections, and slope
stakes.

3 1 2 Theory of Structures

Junior year, second term, 3 hotirs.

A study of the character and magnitude of the stresses in roofs
and bridges of different types, due to dead and live loads, by both
analytic and graphic methods.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 123.

3 1 3 Hydraulic Engineering

Jtmior year, second tenn, recitation 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Hydrostatics; flow of water through orifices and over weirs; flow
in pipes, tubes, and canals; stream measurements; hydrod3mamics;
elements of the design of water-wheels and turbines.

314 Concrete ^ Plain and Reinforced

Senior year, first term, recitation 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

Principles of design and application of reinforced concrete for use
in construction. Properties of cement and concrete are studied and
complete tests of these materials are conducted in the laboratory.

315 Testing Materials — Laboratory
Junior year, second term, 3 hours.

Use of testing machines and proper conduct of actual tests of
structural materials such as steel, stone, brick, and concrete. Also
study of their fundamental characteristics and behavior by means of
plotted test curves.

316 Theory of Structures {oaii\xDL\i&6)
Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

Continuation of course 312 in the theory and design of structures;
the determination of stresses in cantilever, arch, swing, and suspension
bridges.

317 Public Water Supplies
Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

A study of the means and methods of procuring public water
supplies and of their purification for potable and household uses.

318 Public Water Supplies Design
Senior year, first term, 3 hotirs.

Problems in the design of a complete water system.

319 Highway Engineering

Senior year, second term, 2 hours.

A lecture and recitation course embracing the principles of road
and street construction and maintenance, the investigation of paving
materials and the proper methods of applying them.



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320 Geodetic Surveying and Practical Astronomy

Senior year, second term, recitation 3 hours, field work 3 hours.

A course treating of higher geodetic and astronomical measure
ments to determine geodetic position by latitude, longitude, and
azimuth; of precise leveling; and of hydrographic survejdng. Field
work in connection therewith.

321 Railway Economics

Senior year, first term, recitation 2 hours, design 3 hours.

Selection of proper grades, and types of structures; study of train
resistance; influence of curvature and distance on operating expenses;
valuation of property and railway finance. Design bf railway yards
and structures.

322 Sewerage

Senior year, second term, 2 hours.

A study of sanitary methods of treating sewage and of its disposal.

323 Sewerage Design

Senior year, second term, 3 hours.

Problems 'in the design of sewers and sewage disposal plants.

324 Bridge Design

Senior year, first term, 4 hours.

The design and shop-drawing of a single track, through plate
girder bridge.

325 Bridge Design (continued)
Senior year, second term, 3 hours.

The design of a single track, through truss, including the detailing
of one of the principal members.

326 Hydraulic Engineering
Senior year, first term, 3 hours.

A course similar to 313 especially planned for students in mechan-
ical engineering. Particular attention is given to hydraulic machii^es.

327 Engineering Topics

Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

A course in the discussion of current civil engineering topics.

328 Engineering Topics (continued)
Senior year, second term, 2 hours.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 125

Graduate Courses

329 Reinforced Concrete Construction

A special graduate course continuing the work of 314.

330 Sanitary f Hydraulic ^ and Irrigation Engineering

A special graduate cotu^e continuing the work of 313.



ELBCTRICAL BNGmEERING

Professor Thompson, courses 341, 346, 351-354, 356-361
Mr. Creager, courses 342-345, 347-350, 355

341 Elements of Direct Current Engineering
Junior year, first term, 3 hours.

A review of the laws of the electric and magnetic circuit and
their application to the dynamo. Study of direct current dynamos
and motors; their construction, operation, r^^ulation, characteristics,
management, and the methods of testing them. Illustrative problems.

342 Telephones and Telegraphs
Jimior year, first term, 2 hours.

A study of the physical theory and the principles of operation of
various forms of telephonic and telegraphic transmitting and receiving
apparatus and systems.

343 Theory of Electrical Measurements
Junior year, first term, 1 hour.

A classroom course preparatory for and discussing the theory of
the methods of measurement which are used in the laboratory in
course 334.

344 Electrical Laboratory

Junior year, first term, 5 hours.

This course covers the methods for measuring resistance, current,
electromotive forces, capacity, self-induction, the magnetic properties
of iron, etc., and the calibration of conmierdal measuring instruments.

345 Elements of Direct Current Engineering
Junior year, first term, 3 hours.

A short combined classroom and laboratoiry course, elective for
chemists^ covering the general ground of course 341.



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346 Elements of Alternating Current Engineering
Junior year, second term, 5 hours.

An introductory study of the theory of alternating currents, and
its application to the construction, characteristics, and operation of
alternators, induction and synchronous motors, and transformers.
Illustrative problems.

347 Elements of Alternating Current Engineering
Junior year, second term, 3 hours.

A short combined classroom and laboratory course, elective for
chemists, covering the general groimd of course 346.

348 Dynamo Laboratory

Junior year, second term, 3 hours.

A course in the operation and testing of series, shunt, and com-
potmd wotmd generators and motors, and their auxiliary apparatus.

349 Dynamo Laboratory
Junior-senior vacation, 50 hours.

Supplementary to course 348 and including the operation of trans-
formers, induction motors, and other alternating current machinery.

350 IllumifuUing Engineering
Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

A course devoted to a study of commercial illuminants, their
methods of installation, relative efficiencies, and the design of lighting
systems.

351 Advanced Alternating Currents
Senior year, first term, 4 hours.

An advanced study of the theory of alternating currents and its
application to alternating current generators and transfonners.

352 Advanced Aliemating Currents (oQatinued)
Senior year, second term, 4 hours.

An advanced study of synchronoufi iDotors, rotary oonwters, and
induction motors. CdicuIatioD of altaxntiog cunoot appocatus.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 127

353 Electric Power Transmission
Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

A study of the application of electricity to power transmission
with special reference to the methods of transmission line construction
and the operating characteristics of transmission lines.

354 Electric Traction

Senior year, second term, 3 hours.

The construction, equipment, and operation of different types of
electric railways. Application of electric traction to steam road con-
ditions; predeterminations of speed time curves and the power required
for different types of runs.

355 High Voltage Engineering
Senior year, second term, 2 hours.

A brief course on the phenomena peculiar to high voltage trans-
mission lines and a study of surges and transient phenomena.

356 Dynamo Laboratory

Senior year, first term, 5 hours.

Advanced testing of direct current apparatus including the deter-
mination of the characteristics, r^^ulation, and efficiency of generators
and motors. Elementary alternating current measurements accom-
panying the classroom work in cotu'se 351.

357 Dynamo Laboratory (continued)
Senior year, second term, 5 hours.

Experimental studies and tests of alternating current generators
and motors, rotary converters, transformers, and auxiliary apparatus;
measurement of power in polyphase circuits.

358 Electrical Design

Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

The design of a direct current generator or motor.

359 Electrical Design (continued)
Senior year, second term, 2 hours.

The design of a transformer, an induction motor, or a switchboard.



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360 Seminar

Senior year, first term, 1 hour.

Discussion of articles in current electrical engineering journals.

361 Seminar (continued)

Senior year, second term, 1 hour.



MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Professor Heck

Associate Professor Couch

The studies given by the department, here described, are com-
bined in related groups instead of being arranged by years.

Machine Drawing and Design

371 Machine Drawing

Sophomore year, first term, 5 hours in the mechanical and electrical
engineering courses.

Dimensioned sketches and finished drawings of machine parts.
Practice in reading drawings. Empirical design of machine parts, with
emphasis upon the technique of engineering drawing.

372 Machine Drawing (continued)
Sophomore year, second term, 5 hours.

373 Elements of Machine Design

Junior year, second term, 3 hoturs in the electrical engineering
course.

Proportioning of machine parts, empirical and rational; design of
transmission machinery.

374 Machine Design

Senior year, first term, 6 hoturs.

Proportioning of machine parts, such as fastenings, simple frames,
gearing, shafting, and bearings. Analysis of actual designs. Original
designing of simple machines to meet specified conditions.

375 Machine Design (continued)
Senior year, second term, 6 hours.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 129

Machine Construction

376 Machine Elements

Sophomore year, first term, 4 hours in the mechanical and
electrical engineering courses.

A course of recitation, lectures, and shop visits, covering the
general form of common machines and their constructive details.

377 Constructive Processes
Sophomore year, second term, 5 hours.

A systematic study, along general lines, of constructive processes
in foundry, forge, and machine shop.

378 Machine Construction
Sophomore- junior vacation, 100 hours.

Shop work of course 377 continued. Visits of inspection to various
shops and manufacturing plants within a range of thirty to sixty
miles; note-taking, lectures, and references.

379 Machine Shop Methods
Jimior year, first term, 3 hours.

A closer study of machine tool operations and of methods, fix-
tures, etc.

380 Materials and Tools

Junior year, second term, 2 hours.

Properties of the materials used in machine construction. Cut-
ting tools and their action.

381 Industrial Organization
Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

Textbook and lecture course in the principles of industrial organ"
ization.

382 Industrial Organization (continued)
Senior year, second term, 2 hours.

383 Engineering Topics

Senior year, first term, 2 hours.

References, assigned reading, discussions in class.

384 Engineering Topics (continued)
Senior year, second term, 2 hours.



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Mechanics of Materials and of Machinery

385 Mechanics of Materials

Jimior year, second term, 4 hours in ceramics and in the mechanical
and electrical engineering courses.

Properties of engineering materials, strength, elasticity, etc.
Theory of beams, columns, shafts, etc. Elementary theory of elas-
ticity.

386 Mechanism and Kinematics

Jimior year, first term, recitation 2 hours, drafting 5 hours.

A systematic study of mechanism, with examples mostly from the
fields of transmission machinery, machine tools, engines, and trans-
portation machinery. Graphical analyses of fundamental mechanisms,
going so far as displacements and velocities, and including the layout
of gears and cams.

387 Graphics of Structures and of Machines

Senior year, first term, recitation 1 hour, drafting 5 hours.

Determination of forces in roof trusses, crane frames, etc., and of
stresses in machine members. Analysis of impressed forces in machines,
including friction but stopping short of kinetic forces.

388 Kinematics and Dynamics

Senior year, second term, recitation or lectures 2 hours, drafting
5 hours.

Velocities and accelerations in linkage mechanisms and with cams
and noncircular gears. Inertia force actions in engines, etc., balancing
of engines, gyroscopic action, stre& in rotating bodies.

Heat and Power Engineering

389 Steam Engineering

Junior year, first term, 2 hours; also senior year in the ceramics
course.

An elementary descriptive course in steam engineering. Closely
associated with laboratory course.

390 Steam Boilers and Engines
Junior year, first term, 3 hours.

Concerned chiefly with boilers and their accessories, but covering
also the general construction and working of the engine.



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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 131

391 Steam Engineering

Jtinior year, second term, 1 hour.
Completion of course 389.

392 Thermodynamics

Senior year, first term, 3 hours.

A study of the theory and performance of the steam boiler, engine,
and turbine, and of the internal combustion engine.