MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING. ll 



•year, took the additional duties of foreman of the iron shop, with entire charge 

 of the practical instruction of students in iron working ; Mr. H. B. Mohn, who 

 had been carpenter at the college since 1879, assumed the additional duties of 

 foreman of the wood shop, with entire charge of the practical instruction of 

 the students in wood working. Mr. Mohn resigned his position in August, 

 1886, and was succeeded by Mr. H. Campbell, of Detroit. It is hardly 

 necessary to say in this place that this organization proved a success. The 

 foremen did their duty well and gained the respect of all the students with 

 whom they came in contact. Mr. Mohn resigned to join his family in Cali- 

 fornia. We parted from him with much regret. 



Mr. Wiseman still retains the duties of engineer and, with one assistant and 

 student help, has immediate oversight of the heating works. Mr. Campbell, 

 with student help, attends to repairs in wood needed in any of the college 

 buildings. These duties have interfered, to a greater or less extent, with the 

 shop work, and it would be desirable if it could be so arranged that the two 

 foremen could give their whole time to their respective shops. 



KEEDS OF THE SHOP. 



Tools. — As the students increase in number more tools will be required. Even 

 •during the past year the efficient working of the shop was, to a great extent, 

 prevented by lack of tools. Even if we continue to build lathes for the use of 

 the shop we must have a few first-class tools of other makers. It is difficult to 

 see how the machine shop can do efficient work unless it is provided with one 

 milling machine, one automatic gear cutter, one shaper and one first-class screw 

 cutting lathe. With the tools above mentioned the shop, in a few years, 

 can solve the problem of its own equipment. In the wood shop several lathes 

 are needed, a few of which can be built in the machine shop. The shop should 

 Tdc provided with at least ten more sets of carpenter's tools, five more sets of black- 

 smith's tools, a complete foundry outfit, several more vices, a buzz saw and a 

 "wood planer. • 



Ejigine. — The present engine will soon be entirely inadequate for the needs 

 -of the shop, and I respectfully recommend the purchase of a forty-horse power 

 •automatic engine. 



Material. — A proper stock of lumber, of steel, cast iron, zinc and copper for 

 brass making should be kept on hand in order that suitable work may be fur- 

 nished the students. 



Building. — The present shop is already worked to its full capacity and more 

 room is urgently needed. The present shop should be given entirely to iron 

 work as a machine shop. An addition 40x60 feet should be built on the south 

 •end of the present shop, one-half of which should be used for a blacksmith shop, 

 the remainder for a foundry. A wing two stories in height, extending east or 

 south from this addition and with dimensions of 30x60 feet, should be built for 

 the wood shop. Proper store rooms and work rooms, which are urgently needed, 

 €ould thus be provided. 



Our present blacksmith shop is a mere shed, capable of accommodating only 

 four or five students. 



