T the July meeting of the
Board of Directors the De
partment of Civil Engineering
and Physics was made two dis
tinct departments—Civil Engin
eering and the Physics, the former
solely under the supervision of
Prof. Nagle, the latter under
Prof. Spence.
This separation will be better
for both Civil Engineering and
Physics, as it will admit of more
concentration on the part of the
professor in charge, and we hope
that it will soon lead to a more
thorough course in Physics, which
is very much needed in a school
of this rank and would help the
students in their technical work
later on. Also a good laboratory
course would be very beneficial to
the school.
The lower floor of Gathright
Hall is now divided into rooms,
some of which are used by the
Civil Engineering department, but
on account of their location the
arrangement is somewhat awk
ward as regards the Civil Engin
eering rooms, some of which are
sadly in need of repair.
There is one thing that the at
tention of the students rooming
just above the department should
be called to, until some provision
can be made to prevent it; and
that is that the noise made by
them can be distinctly heard in
the recitation room below, be
cause the intervening floor and
ceiling act like a sounding board
and make the noise sound even
louder than in an adjacent room.
The last legislature has done
much for the improvement of our
school, both for the benefit of our
college and for the beauty of the
campus. Some of these improve
ments are the Bachelors’ Hall and
other professors’ buildings, the
new dormitory, just beginning to
show its walls above the green
trees which surround it, the new
Agricultural building which will
add to the appearance of the col
lege, and last, but not least, comes
the most needed of them all, both
for the health and cleanliness,
which should be observed before
all things, is the sewer system
which we hope will be completed
at no distant date, as preliminary
surveys and topographic maps are
now being made by the Civil En
gineering department. Although
the appropriation made will be
insufficient to do all that could be
wished for in this matter, it will
enable a good start to be made.