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has just been turned loose. It is yet wandering-more or less at random, feeling the situation as it were. But with Prof. Charles J. Norwood as dean and with a determination to make the school a success, there is little doubt that his most brilliant hopes will some day materialize. Prof. Norwood is also State Geologist and State Inspector of Mines, thus being in close touch with the engineering life of the country at large.
The mining student for the first two years is carried through a course closely similar to those of the same years in the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Courses. In the Junior and Senior years, he branches off into various subjects of technical instruction related to his profession, such as Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Metallurgy, Assaying, Electro-Dynamics, Electrical Appliances, Electricity applied to Mining Operations, Steam Engine, Compressed Air, Ore Dressing, Hydraulics and Mine Surveying.
That the School of Mining Engineering- does not believe in race suicide, is evidenced by the birth of the twins.    Have you seen the twins?    They are
at the rear of the Natural Science Building. They are very modest little twins. One is named Pete and the other Repeat. The twins have gotten several nice toys but their mother, the Mining School, is not as well off as she hopes to be and has expended her limited means as judiciously as possible for their comfort. Among their toys are to be found one full sized concentrating table and a mad little motor which propels it; also illustrative equipments of mine ventilation, a model of a modern coal washing plant and a jig. These are very amusing to the twins and they sav that when they get grown they are going to get all the appliances and equipments used in the various up-to-date mining plants of the country. The twins have a brother, the Lecture Room, who also has a number of toys and is in no sense jealous of his sisters. The ten mining students of the present year appreciate the children's toys and love to join in the play.
Here's to the Mother's good health, and her family's good health, and may she live long and prosper.
OUR  "TWIN-SYSTEM   MINING  ENGINEERING   LABORATORY"
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