DEPARTMENT REPORTS 65 



We need another man in this department for next year if we are to 

 provide the courses which the catalog calls for. 



Yours very truly, 



A. R. SAWYER, 

 Professor of Electrical Engineering. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL 



ENGINEERING 



To the President : — 



Sir: — The following is a report of the work of the Mechanical Engineer- 

 ing Department for the year ending June 30, 1923. 



The personnel of the department at the end of the year was as follows: 



H. B. Dirks — Professor. 



W. E. Reuling — Assistant Professor. 



G. C. Wright — Assistant Professor. 



G. W. Hobbs — Assistant Professor. 



C. R. Wiggins — Instructor in Metallurgical Courses. 



A. P. Krentel— Forman in Wood Shop. 



G. J. Posthumus — Instructor in Wood Shop. 



D. T. Millard — Instructor in Wood Shop. 

 W. L. Watt — Instructor in Machine Shop. 

 C. N. Rix — Instructor in Machine Shop. 

 J. A. Eicher — Instructor in Foundry. 



B. Sangster — Instructor in Forge Shop. 



E. C. Crawford — Laboratory Engineer. 

 Ray Pearson — Tool Room Attendant. 



Mr. C R. Wiggins took the place vacated by Mr. P. J. Baker, and has 

 given the work in the metallurgical courses in a satisfactory manner. Mr. 

 Wiggins is making especial efforts to advance the work of the Foundry 

 and it is to be hoped that sufficient funds will soon be available to make a 

 start at least on the program he has outlined. He has continued the 

 co-operation with the concerns in Lansing on problems in the heat treat- 

 ment of steel. 



Mr. Wright has continued the development of the courses in Industrial 

 Management and Factory Planning, and it was with regret that I received 

 his resignation some time ago. As the health of both Mr. and Mrs. Wright 

 during the past has not been as it should, they feel a change of climate 

 to be necessary and are leaving for California. 



As in the past, assistance was given the Farm Mechanics Department 

 in several of the Truck and Tractor courses. A course in Wood shop 

 work was also given for Federal students. 



The courses given during tlie summer school, were somewhat better 

 attended than in previous years, there having been six men registered in 



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