Engineering Education (Volume 2); Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... The apportionment between the different lines of work in the above is as follows, viz: Mathematics, 22 DEGREES per cent.; Science, 20 per cent.; English, 18} per cent.; French and German, 17 per cent.; History, 12 per cent.; Drawing, 8} per cent. Latin could be substituted for either French or German. THREE YEARS' HIGH SCHOOL COUBSE. FIRST YEAR. Elementary Algebra 5 History of England, or Greece and Rome 5 English, Literature and Composition S Physical Geography 3 Drawing '. 2 SECOND YEAR. Plane Geometry 4 English, Literature and Compo sition ... 4 'Physics 4 French or German 4 Civil Government 2 Drawing 2 20 THIRD YEAR. Advanced Algebra 2 Solid Geometry 2 English, Literature and Compo- sition .. . 4 Chemistry 4 French or German 4 Physiology 2 Drawing. . 2 20 Laboratory practice Saturday mornings. The above course includes Mathematics, 211 per cent.; Science, 21f per cent.; English 21 per cent.; French or German, 13 per cent. j History, llj per cent.; Drawing, 10 per cent. DISCUSSION. Prof. Baker called attention to the fact that only 10 per cent. of the schools tabulated require drawing for admission. He emphasized the value of drawing not only to those intending to pursue an engineering course but also to all others; and urged that engineering schools were greatly in need of advance in this line, and that it would be comparatively easy to secure such advance. Prof. Tyler inquired whether Prof. Marvin, in the course of his investigations, had, in the first place, procured copies of entrance examinations actually used, or had depended on the statements printed in the various catalogues; in the second place, whether he had considered the general problem of entrance requirements in connection with the courses offered in Ma...