THE School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering was established in 1891 and since that time it has grown to be the foremost in college. Prof. F. Paul Anderson, Dean, has been untiring in his efforts to make this one of the leading universities of the south and so well has he succeeded that it now occupies a position in the educational world that is equaled by only a few of the technical schools of this country.
Since our establishment we have not received the financial aid that would characterize the growth of a modern institution but with our limited means and small equipment we are compelled to compete with our sister universities that have better equipped laboratories and vast sums of money at their disposal.
The student in this department makes such tests in the laboratories that are essential in the modern technical education and with the experi-
ence furnished here a graduate is enabled to handle most any problem by taking advantage
of the training received in the class room and the experience obtained in the shops.
The department was fortunate to secure the services of Prof. A.M. AVilson of Purdue University, who is Professor of Electrical Engineering. Since his two years' connection with the college the Electrical Department has grown wonderfully and the graduate of Mechanical Engineering now has a training in Electrical Engineering that will enable him to successfully compete with graduates of other technical schools who have an E. E.
One of the advantages of this course is that the student receives not only a thorough training in Mechanical Engineering; but also instruction in Civil and Architects al Engineering: and a small nerccntap-e of our graduates take up this particular branch of work,