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Th« Ocpartnent of Civil Enciaoor-
. inc sad Drawing’ was created by
Board of Directon in 1887 aad s Pro~
feoeor John H. KinoaUy wne oiocted
no its head. Two jroars later Draw,
lag was made a separate department
and physics was- separated from its
connection with the Department of
Chemistry and attached to civil en
gineering. , For one year Professor
Charles Puryear. now Dear of the
College, was in charge but in 18M0
he was made Prof, of Mathematics
and Mr. J. C. Nagle took his place as
Professor of Civil Engineering and
Physics. In 1902 Professor D. W.
Spence joined the department, giving
half his tome to it and the other half
to the Department of Drawing. This
combination continued until 1899
when Physics was made a separate
department and was placed in charge
of Professor Spence. For the next
four years the entire instruction work
of the Civil Engineering Department
was handled by one man, but upon
the creation * of the Electrical En
gineering Department, Physics was
attached to that and Professor Spence
returned to the Civil Engineering
Department. Gradually, as the work
and importance of the department in
creased, additional members were ad
ded to the teaching staff until the
number increas%i • to seven three
years ago, at which number it now
stands.
A comparison of the content of the
courses required for graduation from
the civil engineering course as offer
ed in 1890 and ds offered today bears
a very similar ratio to that of the
number of teachers in the depart
ment then and now. For instance.
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year and
than is naif
more class in the same subject
ing the second term. In 1890
second (junior) class had
courses in rogd making, desert
geometry and smveyiag, while
first (senior) class had equally
courses in railroad surveying
cha nice of materials and
roofs and bridges only. Notwftb.
standing the meagre content of Fite
early courses the men who went out
from them made good, not only in
their professional work but as wot-
later
on of Railway Engineering. At,
the beginning of the present session
the Division of Structural Engineer
ing was added. The more general
subjects taught in the department
have not been segregated but are
handled as a whole by the sever'd
members of the teaching staff. Be-;
fore the creation of the State High
way Department the Highway Div
ision of the C. E. Department did
much to promote interest in good
rohds in Texas, and was the only or
ganised educational agency in this
thy, upstanding citizens who have lii ne . The Division still carries on
left their impress upon the State in ’ths good work.
all affairs making for its upbuilding.
Likewise they have been true ptid
loyal sons of the CoMege and have,
by their lives and works, demonstu-
ted the value of the training given
here. This is true* for the fomw-r
students of all courses.
The annual catalogue shows the
number and variety of subjects now
offered in the civil engineering
course, and the next catalogue will
show the addition of several broad
ening and humanizing courses, which
however, arc not simply added to the
already full cirriculum but for whidh
place has been made by readjusting
and curtailing some of the courses
heretofore given. It is becoming
more and more evident that if thfe
engineer is to take his rightful place
in our social and economic institue
tions he must be a broader, more cul
tured and more resourceful mnn
than he has, as a class, been in thn
fcaat.
In order to better correlate thd
work of the civil engineering depart-*
ment three divisions, having specifi
lines of instruction in charge, ha
been created within the da
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xcept for a few years of depress
ion in construction lines the demand
for graduates of the civil Engineer
ing course has steadily grown until
now the demand normally exceedr
the supply. Our graduates are di
reeling the construction and main
tenance of railroads, highways,
water supply and irrigation works,
drainage, reclamation from over
flows, bridges and buildings, and a
score of other lines of constructive
activities. They are scattered all
over the world, almost. Mexico,
South America, Panama, Canada,
Korea, and a number of other for
eign countries have drawn upon
them for professional services. in
the Engineer C<>n>« of the Army, as
Well as in the line, they have made
a brilliant record, most of them as
officers, and after the full realization
of peace they will go steadily on i
helpihg to build up and stabilize the j
institutions of civilization. The
class of 1919 will swell the total
number of civil engineering grad
uates to about 430, but year by year
need for competent engineers
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r many it is a safe pi
that they will always be fou
standing steadfast upon the side
right and Justice.
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