THE School of   Civil   Engineering   established in 1887 stands pre-eminent among the   departments   of   Kentucky   State   Colleg'e because of one great motto and undeniable truth : "We get less and turn out more than any other department."
Liberty and freedom are the landmarks inscribed in our souls and have been since "John Pascal Brooks'' was crowned king of all creeds and sacred doctrines. Descendants of the "Old Civils" who fought against mechanical oppression is bound to be free at any cost; he hates such tyranny in every form. "The Civils" owe their training to no magnificient granite structure; no elegant equipment nor to the terms known as "natural gas" or a receipted appliance of "hot air," but singly to our leader "John P.," who little each year has retreated before the mechanical cannonading until at   present   we   really   own   one   "general   room"
(drawing and recitation) and a single office 1.5x6 feet and with more than bright prospects; if sideral and solar time has been figured correctly to be located somewhere on the moon before Prof. Brooks has turned entirely grey from fatigue and worry. At the mention of the name of our leader, every hat is dropped and we stand only in admiration; for if ever a man was worthy of the title of gentleman it must be Prof-Brooks. He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of those about him, and he concurs with the movements of his students rather than take the initiative himself. He can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions or topics which may irritate; is seldom prominent in conversation and never strict or wearisome.
Although hints and slurs are often made about
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