The Oregon weekly., January 21, 1907, Image 1

Oregon Weekly.
U n iv e r s ity o f O re g o n
VOL. VIII
E IG E N E . OKI GON. JA M AKV 21, 1907
NO. 13
THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS education, and if possible have some ex- j
I perience in teaching. Such a man would
command a salary of not less than #1800
Need Additional Instructors, Equipment, per annum .
Buildings, Increased Salaries and
T he departm ent of mining engin ering
Library Books
needs additional instructors. T he rapid
grow th of this departm ent dem ands that
it be well manned and well equipped.
To get a proper basis for consideration
T he proper kind of h ad instructor should
of onr needs for the next two years, it
receive a salary of $180 >.
will be necessary to calculate approxi­
T he departm ent of electrical and me­
mately the num ber of students which
chanical engineering w i l l soon need a
may be expected during the second year
perm anent man to take charge of the
of the biennium . T h e present num ber shop work. A salary of $700 or $800
of engineering students is 8 1, and it is per year would probably suffice at the
expected that at least six more students s ta rt.
will enter at the second semester, making
These are the actual needs of the above
87 for the year. T his will make an in­ departm ents.
By careful investigation
crease of nearly 53 per cent during the I of the departm ent of other state universi­
p is t two years. Considering the growth ties, it was found that the average cost
of high schools, the great activity in all of instruction per student was $85 per
lines of engineering, and the increasing year. If this be granted, and it the esti­
num ber of young men who are turning mate of 147 students during the last half
toward engineering, there is every indi­ of the biennium be reasonable, then pro­
cation th at the grow th will be more rapid vision should be made at the session of
than in the past. A conservative esti- the present legislature for the expendi­
tn a e of an increase of 30 j er cent over ture of over $12.0)0 in salaries of the
this year, m aking 113 students, and for engineering instructors during the next
the second year of the biennium over two years, (585 x 147 equals $12,495).
next year, m aking 147 students to be 'Phis would prov ide lor the additional in­
provided lor during the last half of the structors needed, and for present salaries.
biennial period, is a fair estim ate of pros­
2. Additional E q u ip m en t.-T h eeq u ip ­
pective students, '1 his grow th will be ment is incomplete in many respects and
still more certain to come li in the mean­ of insufficient amount in others. The
time the engineering departm ents are shops need more equipm ent, the testing
properly housed and equipped, as this laboratory has not enough machines to
very fact will be a stim ulus as soon as! accommodate properly the present num ­
known.
ber of students, to say nothing of the in­
T he needs of the engineering depart- i
crease for the next two years; the sur­
ments are put forth as follows:
veying instrum ents are just about suffi­
1. Additional Instructors. —Railroad
cient for present needs, but m >re w ill be
engineeiing has had little attention tor j
required next year, and still more the
two reasons, partly because the instruc­
year following; considerable new appar­
tional force is too limited; and par ly be­ atus ought to be added for electrical
cause, until very recently, there has been
work; the mi dug equipm ent is very
for a long time, practically no activity in
meagre, and a substantial iuerdase should
railroad construction in this state.
I he
be made there; and a hydraulic labora­
present and prospective activity in rail­
tory ought to be provided fo.r experi­
road work throughout ihe N orthw est lay
mental work.
upon us the burden of greatly amplifying
Additional equipment must be provid­
our courses in railroad engineering. I here
ed or Oregon will fall below the average
is already a dem and for this on the part
of the departm ents of the other state uni­
of some of our present students, and the
versities. Accordingly, to be on a basis
dem and is certain to increase during the
with the average other institutions, the
coming year. To meet this need a new equipm ent should be increased over $30,-
instructor will be required. He should
000 during the next two years. This
have some actual experience in railroad
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work, be possessed of a goo 1 engineering
BASEBALL IN TRAINING
Regular Practice Commences at the
Gymnasium for Numerous
Candidates
W ith the return of Coach Bezdek, base­
ball has taken a new impetus. Practices
are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, F ri­
days and Saturdays in the gymnasium.
Coach Bezdek is starting the training by
instructing the various candidates for
positions in the rudim ents of the game.
He is giving the pitchers a new style of
delivery, one in which the entire hotly
conies into play.
College pitchers seldom develop this
style of delivery but use merely an arm
m vement, with the result that their
pitching arm soon gives out.
Nearly all of last year’s players have
returned to college, only three, Brown,
Fenton, and Hobbs having been lost by
graduation.
All of the old pitching staff, composed
of Beck, Clifford and H urd, are turning
out for practice and the corps will un­
doubtedly be strengthened by the pres­
ence of Harvey Huston who has been
showing up well in practice and who
made quite a name for himself while pitch­
ing for the Missoula Am ateurs. “ Buck”
Kelly and W istar Johnson are the only
candidates so far for the difficult position
of catcher but with these men trying out,
the fact goes without saying that the
place will be well filled.
For the infield, two new men will have
to be developed to take the places of
Hobbs and Fenton, but from the appar­
ent abundance of good material this
should not be difficult.
Of the old infielders, Captain Paine,
H athew ay and Ramp will be on hand to
win glory for Old Oregon. Some of the
new men who will try out for the infield
are, McKenzie, who formerly played
third base for the Athena Yellow Kids;
Huggins, shortstop last year for Hill
Military Academy, and Everett S herk,
lately on the second team at W hitm an
College.
O ther aspirants are Nelson,
McEwen, Snow and Wood.
F o r the outfield positions some of the
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