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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1925)
THE BATTALION ~ ' ~n.i' i i With Cap and Pipe J^JLylN tanned from work in the open, pipe in mouth, cap pulled well down — that s the erecting engineer, as pictured in the magazines, and generally as found on the job. In an organization like Westinghouse he occupies a pivotal place, being re sponsible for the erection of equip ment in the field. Take him in the electrification of the Chilean State Railway, for example—one of the outstanding electrical projects of recent years. It included not merely the electri fication of 134 miles of steam lines, but also power and sub-sta tion equipment to convert water power from the Andes Mountains into electric current. In 1922 the first shipment of sub station equipment departed — but ahead of it had already departed a force of Westinghouse erection engi neers. They went to a country that was a stranger to railroad electrical operation, and to the installation of large electrical equipment. In the 134 miles of steam railway to be electrified they encountered every kind of topographical and engineer ing condition — curves, grades as steep as 214 per cent and as long as 1 2 miles, bridges extending to 440 feet, six tunnels, the longest 1,600 feet. Today, two years later, these same erection engineers are returning returning from a Chile, much of whose railway traffic is moved by its water falls; they are returning and promptly departing again on still other missions of electrical improve ment, at home and abroad. This advertisement is sixth in a vocational series, outlining the fields for engineering achievement in the Westinghouse organization. A copy of the entire series will be sent to anyone requesting it. ■ * . -■v-r Westinghouse ACHIEVEMENT & OPPORTUNITY / RCHITECTS SELECT NEW ORLEANS FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION TRIP Thirty juniors And seniors, students of Architecture, accompanied by Pro fessor D. June and Associate Professor R. E. Linsey, left the College on last Thursday afternoon for New Orleans on their annual inspection trip. New Orleans was selected for the trip be cause of the fact that within the city and its environs may be found very many types and varieties of architec ture. Especially is this true of French [ and Spanish designs and structures which represent many styles of dif ferent periods. Together with its buildings representing every period of American design and structure, 1 New Orleans contains a more collec- ' tive and varying exhibit of types and ! styles of architecture than any city of |the South. j The Mardi Gras, New Orleans’ fa mous annual celebration which opened prior to their journey to the city, will . permit the architects to thoroughly enjoy their leisure hours. | It is expected that the students will return to College Friday or Saturday. WSTOGHQUSr ELECTRIC South Dakota State College cele brates a Hobo Day. Both men and wo men resembled hobos this year, the j men “by sapping their life blood to grow beards," and the women by giv ing the bobbing shearers a week lay off. This generation is wearing more glasses than ever “but it is not look ing into the bottoms of as many.”