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WITH THE JI NIOH E. E’». \
It is not until we reach the Junior
WITH A JUNIOR M. t
When an ML E. student becomes
jins to realise and
class tfeat our epurse differs in any ja Junior hie| I
way from other engineering courses | aDpreciate the usefulness; of the
In tIEt* year thd E. E’s. start tak-1 practical work which h* does m
ing Electrical Measurements The the shops. In praetipe^jjck
a>^i potiocable feature of |th»h | !«»*>»<»
galvanometers
•rat*-
the use of the galvanohifrt
1 kinds of
and in! all spr** of
i measure meet of rcsistanqe of
ordRiary Values is accpmplisbed by
means of the V’heatstone BrUge
or by sOtne drop of potential tneth*
od, ibut even here the galvanomet
er is the indicator which tells u*
when the proper adjustuient> are
made. U ■■■
Strickly speaking the gal
metef ia a device for the me;
raent of electrical currents. Some
gaKanometers imay be used to
measure currents as sn all 4s qr»e
ten thonsatldth W an ampere as
M. K’s. do not Work in
gipups except in such work as
making engine tests, where group
ing is necessary^ la the shop each
man has his piece of work -to do
and the doing of it concerns him
and him only, each man l>eing re
sponsible for his own progress.
The first task to lie done in the
machine < shopih clipping, filing and
scraping a ca»t iron block. Each
as he receives his . little two-
cnbe of oast iron is inclined to
k |t is a | "cinch.” but after
k actually begins the novelty
wears off. The first evening
wo is usuhliy devoted mostly to
ing how to temper and grind’
a cold chisel, j ^Vhen the block has
beep chipped to approximately one
and one-half inches on a side-,
larggas a hhougatKl fimperes. j It! f he cold ch,sel ,s * nd th<?
is thifci extreme sentitiveness ^ j 6te.taken up., It is filed to exact
maksis the galvanometer such a S,IC ^d a •M uare n**' fil *■ ® 11
valuable Igstrninent in electrical j P^'^ 03 * To fitake tlw block fnb
work! These measurements bring
out many interesting features that
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otherwise would’not be known g:
cept for the work t>eing done lie
and elsewhere.
1^0*- example, if a substance h;
a certain iresistance at one tempi:
aturwit will not have Che same f
sistai ce at another temperat
But t nderM&nd.il.e resistance d
not change in the same way.
exam >le, an incandescent lamp
;,.,a Ion :r resistance as the tern,
ature increases;. but a copper k»r
steel wire has a higher res\staix.e
as thfi temperature incehses.
fil these requirements Mt takes
week or two of time and a corres- 1 c *" * *** ■“**y d«w:rihad.
ponding amount of patience. Next', rha c ' , ' r ’ , «“idn*eT ■ work ■»
font adjacent edges are lieveled
and then co4e!? the scrapingf. »»«* »*«e way U clwr for iht contractor.
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AT PRACTICE WITH THE JUNIORS.
The pvrpoee of this article h to be in-
■areeting and m.iructive to any op* into
wboee hand* it may go an .f .
the Mudeotm of any department kllm nation
runcerniog the practice in the other depart
ment*. Pocexainple—to let a "hughuntet'*
know whet a mechanical engineering junior
ia dofhg while raid ‘'bngbuMer" I* catch
ing huga, or earring on dead "live atodcj"
and to let an electrical engineering junior
know what textile junior* are doing while l
the K. £. it Sieasoritifc electro mot.ite j
The next thing to d*> ia to run a line or
leyet* over the rhoM* route, takingreadiojp i
on etery hundred-yard atake where the
dope is uniform, and if on varied groesq, j
reading* are taken where Inecesaary to get |
the general change of slope. Reference j
points—stakes set as a giWti diataace and
from the center of the track—«p
the original line may be located when ned-
, emery after the , rued baa bean coiutn i ted
—are them vet at intervals ot several hun
dred feet.
A grade line ia now decided upon, said
slopes stake* are set which reg u i*tt*he etn.
bankment to be thrown up or the ex cays-
lion to he made. These stake* are set
at about the same points where the read
ings were’ taken for the line of level*. Since
this b jirore practical than’ theoretical, il
complete
calculations
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Has a
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complete line of the famous “lucky
l[ Curve ’ Fountain Pens.
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When one face ba- been scraped
so as to be wnthiji oue thousandth
of an inch of a perfect surface the
block is finished, and great the
joy of its maker ^ \,
As each man htusKes the little
cube, he is promoted to an engine
lathe and then the real machine
wprk begins. The first steo here
is to learn how to operate the ma
chine while some) simple exercises
W intefjest.ng 1 feature |w a "? »**«R ntadeJ After sufficient
tiiiK of metals b>] means lof^'^' has bee, ‘ for the stti-
the —In- ! d*fit to become familiar with the
i... operation of the juachine and the
mi
ctric current and
at exists between 11
al deposited and Ihe cttrrefit ^fting of the tool, the ex^r
•An ampere flowing for became sufficiently difficult
Second will deposit .ooi i^S fl u ‘ r « a gootl deal .dI care ai
With Junior Stadcats of Aaiwal j
Hasbnadry.
I'*rh»j>s in no other line oj work is a,
combination [of theory and (•raciicat
expwience more n«-«*sary to compiate sire-*
ces. than in Ihestudy of animal fcusbandng.l
Why taken in dwail it is,indeed a broad I
subject. Being fully cus-nizaat of this fact I
the department has made a liberal allow
ance of seyaral hoars j>er weak ot tiiae tx>
he pul in by the student tg actually sear h-
log out the facts for hinmelf so that thejr
reruata 1 indelibly stamjied upon .his mind.
In the hts* years-of stady the foumlatioli
cises is laid for deeper atudy by making close
ircise
deal.
observations’ upon the oat ward
get
tin*,
the ’ correct
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>;ramf ie of s|lver from ia solution thread
of sill er aitrate, while the same K ra >’ matter coun
cnrrci t deposits only .0003*9 wor J
grami te of Copper from a copper thread-rutting
soluti n in-the same time. This It is necessary , to
)nniidbe« a very good.check of the ar ' an 8 em « nt o( giars jn ordkr to
amouit of current that flows J t' ve the thread the detured lead, to
through the circuit in a$iven time this th « machine must be thor-
Anothet interesting piece of ap- j oughly understood by the operator.
parati|r> is the Standard Cell. ‘The Care must be taken when cutting
Junior laboratory is fortunate threads on cast irpn, as it is very
enough to bave two (ttfries of tl^e brittle. If too deep cuts are taken.
Standard Qell, each giving an ele* 3 P* 13 oJ the tbreAdtwfll invariably
Iran; force: ^rhich is knowfa he broken off.
one-one thousandth of II *. finishing ^11 of ithe lathe
UiaMHaib of which other exercises the student goes to the
>Pre forces can be pln«*cr. then to the shaper, and
I '1 finally to the milling machine,
fiiterestang experiment Finally only a few of the luckiest,
me of the Junior Ii. E’s. gdt ; however, get beyond the lathe
to jwoi k at e» rhe determination ojf t^fore their senior year.
J©file's e<ju 1 \-akentfior the amount
of h«*< geenrated in a given cir-
skifl.jot aniraals, and ih«j|»udrnt gnufiislly gab|
' »n insight im« the forcev which tend tp
produce certain etfoctv ou h a* difference* of
WITH THE C. E.*S ^ *
enh bjj the poasage of al -Seotrit After ^me preiia.insry work ir*c<fon,p-
curreni- This is aecoinpiishe<i by !>**«ed to familiarise the student* wirh the
‘Of a piece of apparatus niethods employed In railroad consirnction,
know (SOS a Calorimeter*. |-The cur- W» begin constructing a railroad. F.w this
Ihlen annnetef ' work we are in squads p< four or five. The
fiAt thing to be done when the constrstetion
t>Y a railroad between two defined points
j is decided upon, is to rim * pralimmary, or
trial line ta «»rd#r to obtain the b«t route (or U r 0 "* work U v "'" | I
slit will involve the lews . 0^. and st the i ln deparmwot khe b4nm,
11 sajne rime takt.g into eon.idwa.ion the muwWa. d.g—.v.. c^ulwory ^td new,*,
expcritnedlla j. ^pve US an shortest dinance. { 1 . _! '•}•*«•*. •»« »M*dral sy—mattcally
tlto the work of tl^e SeRioijj kn our j an tor C- fi practice we jra re- d**** 1 b y th * caretol dissection of one or
the thifigs weT will b<j qmrwl to nut snch a road Only our more animal, am-h w^ In *i. practice
likely . to mert in our every riayj'rohte is chosen hy the jinstructor.'and * be students work in groojw of three, aqd
The cur
tred with an ammeter
rise iu temperature od *
-oittoie oi water with *
leter. Thfin knowing thd
that exists between thesd
quantities, the heat generated if
thy typ« and conformation conduervato the de-
velopment of big best t|>«cimens of beef and
dairy cattle, bacon and lard hogs, light
harness and heavy draft horses, etc.
By the tithe the janio^class is reached the
student is prepared to*enter in desetl the
study of the possible control of theinternal
and hereditary forces, and tha effects of
selection and environment which Iced to thd
development of the desired characteristics.
These vantage points are advanced upon
from three positions—That of breeder,
feeder, and veterinarian. 1 |
From the wandpoint of the breeder prac
tice ia had la the tracing of pedigrees and
the comparison of the combinations of
blood Itaes ia different pedigrees. j
From standpoint of the feeder balanced
rations, with comparative values of differ
ent food stuffs ia studied, taking into con
sideration the fertilising value of indigest
ible portions, and this is weighail k ip the
balance with actual* ex peri menu ill the
feeding ot different classes and types ot
animals.) By actual experiments note may
be made of the palatabilhy and yhysitml
effects of certain food* This is im^ortafN,
for no matter how perfect a ration is from
theory, if the hnimars appetite dom not call
work ia after.Ii{e. if we ftillow ou
onom jtfioflHHoal ii ( J
For tfiis practice jfire arc
into grqkps of threes and
^K^pups are fit wor k on
experiment at tfie santei .time
Records ■ of the experimenth
fiarefully* written and preserved by
the Mutants raef° r ' u ‘Jflfl’ikefm f'*r
future tate in advance wor
divided;
tw-o|J
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re
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are ranuired to first ruii the 'preliminary; :*“ h C ,VM *e "Wks on a definite
aei, we change the original llna a *.1*. ^ wh °' e ^
and put in seserat j cufse*. u«ulty, two. * ,,ody ^ ^ ‘
w-tfich must comply - wirb the raquiretyents symproaaa, rtsailu and treat man* M .taMM
over’ sesen degrees must be ■ I »< 1 nuacon tag ions diseases of aa-
1.. n 1 t_ i 1, , i . 1 . i, j -i
rajfl
put in with fifty foot chords, while tho*e of i im * b
lt*l than than seven degree, may. be pat in 1 * fc i*2* ***
Wieh hundred foot cfsordh.y Both of these
lines are run with a tranfitc. and are ahoyt
^300 feet long
the course -i* mtendod
not only to equip a man for success h 1 ro
se If. but also to help him to he able to
j street others and thereby be made a useful
’citizen wherever he goes. *TI-t
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ledai Laundry
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where you get those “foxy” , j
stals finished in silver tinsel * !
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^ay. Fish!
Its your time now. 1
To get a good bite-—
The great Long Hofin work
Is about over, and for
• j 30 days will make reduced
Prices to the Juniors,
Sophomores and Freshmen.
Carter’s Studio
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THE SHOEMAKI
HORLICK
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Has moved into his
tailor shop. He flow has ample room
and can meet the cadet and campus
trade better than ever before.
new quarters
h of Charlie's
EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE
r ^nd it is nothing short
Jpf hard-faced bribery to
tet a citizen’s suit made
C H A R L I E for j
T W E
T Y-F l V E D OLL
—- ri->— ; —* i fr' '
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>0 you know what will ^
% We wor^i this season ?
^ || not, hd will take pleas-
^ i|re m owing you.
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