DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 07 



Heserves, He was secured by the civil engineering departiiientjas^an 

 instructor in the fall of 1916 while he was in the states on a furlough, and 

 he then terminated his connection with the Phillipine Constabulary. When 

 the United States entered the war with Germany Mr. Ward was 

 the first man to be called from M. A. C. He left the college May 

 2, 1917 for active duty at Fort Snelling, Minn. He sailed for France 

 June 13, 1917 with the 26th Infantry. His company later became a part 

 of a machine gun battalion, and he took part in the fighting in numerous 

 sectors including Soissons, St. Mihiel, Argonne, Mouzon and Sedan, be- 

 sides serving for a time in the Army of Occupation. He became First 

 Lieutenant in the field, and was discharged at Camp Custer, June 30, 

 1919. 



Mr. Ward's position as instructor was kept open for him, and he seriously 

 considered the resumption of his work in the clepartment until a tempting 

 offer caused him to take up practical engineering and to withdraw from 

 his college connection. 



All other members of the department staff stood ready to serve the 

 country, and freely offered themselves for any duty that could promote 

 the welfare of the United States in the great war. That our teachers with 

 one exception were not called elsewhere was undoubtedly due to the fact 

 that their usefulness was very properly held to be most efficiently applied 

 when they directed their energies to the education of soldiers, as they did. 



As has been noted, the fall term of 1918 beginning October 1st 

 witnessed a merger of our engineering schedule with the war program. 

 Nearly all phases of class instruction were adapted to meet the require- 

 ments of the S. A. T. C. All instruction of army units ceased in December, 

 and we took up a regular college schedule on January 2, 1919. The winter 

 term was occupied with the usual fall term program. The spring term 

 was likewise given up to studies that normally appear in the winter. 

 The arrangement of two summer terms in 1919, each six weeks long, 

 made it possible for many engineering seniors to complete their work 

 for graduation, and permitted lower classmen to make up the loss suffered 

 by reason of the fall term army occupation. The subjects taught during 

 the year by the department staff and the number of students in all classes 

 are set forth below. Although the first summer term extends beyond the 

 end of the fiscal year, it has seemed well to include it in this record since 

 it completes a study year for a large percentage of our students. 



FALL TERM. 



Surveying and Mapping — 2 hours in class, 6 hours in field, n4 students, 4 recitation sections, and 6 field sections, in charge 

 of Messrs. Melick.Saxton.Philpand Hitchcock. 



Mapping and Navigation — 2 hours in class, 6 hours in field, 31 students, 1 section. Recitation work directed by Mr. Cad5 

 field work, Messrs. Cade and Saxton. 



C.E. 4a (Mechanics of Engineering) — 5 recitation hours, 11 students, 1 section; Mr. Vedder. 



C. E. 6 (H%drauUcs)t—b recitation hours, 3 students, 1 section; Mr. Vedder. ^ 



Mathemat csfor Soldiers — 5 hours recitation per week, 17 students, 1 section; Mr. Philp. 



C.E. 6 (Advanced Surveying) — 2 hours in class. 4 hours in field, 6 students, 1 section; Mr. Vedder. 



WINTER TERM. 



C. E. S (Agricultural Emimerin])~5 recitation hours, 10 st idents, 1 section; Mr. Vedder. 



C. E. 4a (Mechanics of Engineering) — 5 recitation hours, 22 stadeats. 2 sections; Mr. Philp, Mr. Saxton. 



C. E. ib (Mxhanics of Engimering)^^ recitation hours, 11 students, 1 section; Mr. Melick. 



C.E. 4d OrapVci ofFramid Structures) — 3 recitation hours, 6 students, 1 section; Mr. Melick. 



C.E. 5 (Hydraulics)—'] recitation hours, 14 students, 1 section; Mr. Saxton. 



C.E. 5a (H jdriulicLxi-irVjr i)~\'i i'})rit)-/ !ioir3,6 ^tidsiita, 1 section; Mr. Saxton. 



C. E. 7a (Topographic Mapping) — 6 laboratory hours, 4 students, 1 section: Mr. Cade. 



C.E. 8a (Bridge Stresses) — 3 recitation hours, 6 students, 1 section; Mr. Vedder. 



C.E. 1^ (Experimental Laboratory} — 6 laboratory hours, 6students, 1 section; Mr. Hitchcock. 



Drawing & Design 3a^6 laboratory hours per week, 16 students, 1 section; Mr. Philp. 



Drawing & Design 4e — 8 laboratory hours per week, 26 students, 1 section; Mr. Cade. 



Drawing & Design 7 — 6 laboratory hours per week, 6 students, 1 section; Mr. Hitchcock. 



