MECHANICAL. 53 



Prof. Woodworth taught the freshmen mechanical physics in the spring 

 and summer terms, the sophomore agricultural mechanics in the summer 

 term, and divided with me the work of the fall term junior agricultural 

 mechanics. 



The class-room attendance throughout the year has been excellent, and 

 the zeal and interest shown are highly gratifying. 



SHOPS. 



In addition to class-room work, I also have had the superintendence of 

 the shops. The work throughout the year has gone on smoothly and 

 profitably. Students in the wood shop have gone through the routine work 

 of learning the use of the various tools, making -the various forms of joints, 

 splices and frames, and of turning from models and drawings various articles 

 of intrinsic and ornamental value. 



In addition to this routine work, a large amount of pattern making has 

 been done. These patterns of course are of intrinsic value, as one of the 

 steps in the production of a complete machine. They represent the practical 

 application of what the students learn, and embody our best work of the 

 year. In addition to patterns, a large drawing case has been made, capable 

 of holding about 5,000 drawings. This is a valuable acquisition to the 

 Mechanical Drawing Hall, furnishing classified storage for the drawings of 

 all our students during their course. A detailed statement of the work in 

 the wood shop will be found in the appendix accompanying. In the spring 

 term the agricultural freshmen worked in the wood shop in two divisions 

 for a half term. Their attention and progress were good. 



In the iron shop the engine nearly completed last year was finished early 

 in the fall term. It has proved very satisfactory, supplying us with an 

 abundance of power, and requiring no changes or repairs. Two iron work- 

 ing lathes have also been completed during the past year, making a total 

 of six made in our shops since their opening. Two more wood lathes nave 

 also been made, and a fifteen-inch shaper is well advanced and will be 

 finished early next year. In the wood shop the patterns have been made 

 and we have obtained most of the castings for a combination buzz-saw table. 

 In addition to these larger items, many small tools, appliances and attach- 

 ments have been made, for a more detailed lint of which reference may be 

 made to the appendix following. 



This appendix is made out from our time-book, which gives in detail the 

 time spent by each student on each kind and piece of work. This appendix 

 must not be understood as covering all the work of the student. In the 

 wood-shop, especially, a considerable portion of the time is spent on purely 

 practice exercises, the results of which are not included in this summary. 

 It must be also understood that the cash estimates do not include the value 

 of the material. They are simply, as closely as can be estimated, the added 

 value given to the crude material by the work put upon it. 



Our greatest need in the machine shop at preseut is a standard high grade 

 lathe, a need which, it is to be hoped, may be filled in the near future. 



In the blacksmith shop the students have been occupied in learning the 

 fundamental operations of forging, welding, tempering, etc., and they also 

 keep the machine shop supplied with lathe and planer tools, and such forg- 

 ings as are needed. 



